Sweileh area
Sweileh is district number sixteen in Amman, Jordan out of twenty-seven. It lies to the north of the city center. It was founded by Chechen settlers in 1906 during Ottoman rule.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Locality
- Description: city in Jordan
- Also known as: “Mintaqat Suwaylih”, “Minţaqat Şuwayliḩ”, “Suwaylih”, “Suweile”, “Suweilih”, and “Sweileh”
- Historically known as: “Şuwayliḩ”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Hada’iq al-Malik Hussein.
Hada’iq al-Malik Hussein
Park
Photo: روخو, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Al Hussein Park is a public park in Amman, Jordan that continues to be under construction. The project attempts to create a landmark for the city by including a cultural village, sports fields, memorial building, historical passageway, decorated gardens, amphitheater, circular yard, Royal Automobile Museum, King Hussein Mosque and The Children's Museum Jordan. Hada’iq al-Malik Hussein is situated 4 km south of Sweileh area.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Baqa’a camp and Wadi Al Seer.
Baqa’a camp
Village
The Baqa'a refugee camp, first created in 1968, lies in Balqa Governorate, 20 km north of the Jordanian capital Amman, and is home to around 100,000 Palestinian refugees who are registered as such with the United Nations. Baqa’a camp is situated 6 km north of Sweileh area.
Wadi Al Seer
Suburb
Wadi Al-Seer or Wadi as-Seer is a valley west of Amman, which gave its name to one of the twenty-two districts of the Greater Amman Municipality in Jordan. Wadi Al Seer is situated 7 km south of Sweileh area.
Salt
Photo: Thilver, CC BY-SA 4.0.
As-Salt, also known as Salt, is an ancient trading city and administrative centre in west-central Jordan. It is on the old main highway leading from Amman to Jerusalem.
Sweileh area
- Category: city
- Location: Amman Governorate, Jordan, Middle East, Asia
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In Other Languages
From Afar to Urdu—“Sweileh area” goes by many names.
- Afar: “صويلح”
- Albanian: “Suvejlih”
- Albanian: “Suwaylih”
- Arabic: “صويلح”
- Arabic: “منطقة صويلح”
- Asturian: “Suwaylih”
- Dutch: “Suwaylih”
- French: “Suwaylih”
- Hebrew: “סוואילה”
- Japanese: “スウェイレフ”
- Mazanderani: “صویلح”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Suwaylih”
- Persian: “صویلح”
- Polish: “Suwajlih”
- Russian: “Сувайлих”
- Russian: “Сувейлех”
- Scots: “Suwaylih”
- Spanish: “Suwaylih”
- Turkish: “Süveyleh”
- Ukrainian: “Сувайлех”
- Ukrainian: “Сувайліх”
- Ukrainian: “Сувейлех”
- Ukrainian: “Сувейліх”
- Urdu: “صویلح”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Al-Hummar and Ḩayy Maysalūn.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include ‘Ayn Umm Zu‘rūrah and ‘Ayn Umm Jawzah.
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