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Amman Governorate

Amman Governorate, officially known as Muhafazat al-Asima, is one of the governorates in . The governorate's capital is the city of , which is also the country's capital.
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  • Type: State with 1,970,000 residents
  • Description: governorate of Jordan
  • Also known as: “Al `Āşimah”, “Amman”, “Governorate of `Amman”, “Muḩāfaz̧at `Āsimah”, “Muhafidhiyat el `Asima”, “Muhafizate Al Aasimah”, and “Muḩāfiz̧īyat al `Āşimah”

Amman Governorate

Latitude
31.6301° or 31° 37′ 48″ north
Longitude
36.252° or 36° 15′ 7″ east
Population
1,970,000
Elevation
855 metres (2,805 feet)
Open location code
8G3RJ7J2+2Q
Open­Street­Map ID
node 13294463861
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­state
Geo­Names ID
250439
Wiki­data ID
Q472788
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Amman Governorate” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “العاصمة الأردنية”
  • Arabic: “العاصمة عمان”
  • Arabic: “عمان (محافظة)”
  • Arabic: “عمان”
  • Arabic: “محافظة العاصمة (أردن)”
  • Arabic: “محافظة العاصمة”
  • Arabic: “محافظة عمان”
  • Arabic: “محافظة عمّان”
  • Arabic: “محافظه العاصمه (الأردن)”
  • Armenian: “Ամմանի մարզ”
  • Basque: “Amman Gobernazioa”
  • Basque: “Amman”
  • Belarusian: “Аман (мугафаза)”
  • Belarusian: “Аман”
  • Bengali: “আম্মান গভর্নোরেট”
  • Catalan: “Governació d’Amman”
  • Cebuano: “Muḩāfaz̧at `Ammān”
  • Central Kurdish: “پارێزگای عەممان”
  • Chinese: “Amman Séng”
  • Chinese: “安曼省”
  • Chinese: “阿西迈省”
  • Chinese: “首都省”
  • Danish: “Amman Governorate”
  • Dutch: “Amman”
  • Esperanto: “Amano”
  • Finnish: “Amman (kuvernoraatti)”
  • Finnish: “Amman”
  • Finnish: “Ammanin kuvernoraatti”
  • French: “Amman”
  • French: “Gouvernorat d’Amman”
  • German: “Gouvernement Amman”
  • German: “JO-AM”
  • Greek: “Κυβερνείο Αμμάν”
  • Gujarati: “અમ્માન ગવર્નોરેટ”
  • Hebrew: “מחוז עמאן”
  • Hebrew: “עמאן”
  • Hindi: “अम्मान गवर्नरेट”
  • Hindi: “अम्मान प्रान्त”
  • Hungarian: “Főváros kormányzóság”
  • Indonesian: “Kegubernuran Amman”
  • Italian: “governatorato di Amman”
  • Italian: “Governatorato di Amman”
  • Japanese: “アンマン県”
  • Kannada: “ಅಮ್ಮನ್ ಗವರ್ನೇಟ್”
  • Korean: “암만주”
  • Latvian: “Ammānas muhāfaza”
  • Lithuanian: “Amano muchafaza”
  • Lithuanian: “Amano muhafaza”
  • Malay: “Amman Governorate”
  • Malay: “Kegabenoran Amman”
  • Marathi: “अम्मन गव्हर्नोरेट”
  • Mazanderani: “عمان استان”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Amman Séng”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Amman Governorate”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Amman”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Amman guvernement”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Amman”
  • Persian: “استان امان”
  • Persian: “عمان (استان)”
  • Persian: “عمان”
  • Polish: “Amman”
  • Polish: “Prowincja Stołeczna”
  • Portuguese: “Amã (província)”
  • Portuguese: “Amã”
  • Portuguese: “Governorado de Amã”
  • Portuguese: “Governorado de Amman”
  • Romanian: “Guvernoratul Amman”
  • Russian: “Амман (мухафаза)”
  • Russian: “Амман”
  • Scots: “Amman Govrenorate”
  • Sindhi: “امان گورنري”
  • Sindhi: “عمان گورنريٽ”
  • Sinhala: “අම්මාන් පළාත”
  • Slovak: “Ammán”
  • Spanish: “Gobernación de Amán”
  • Spanish: “Gobernacion de Amman”
  • Spanish: “Gobernacion de Ammán”
  • Spanish: “Gobernación de Amman”
  • Spanish: “Gobernación de Ammán”
  • Swedish: “Amman”
  • Swedish: “Huvudstadsprovinsen, Jordanien”
  • Swedish: “Huvudstadsprovinsen”
  • Swedish: “Muhafazat al-Asima”
  • Tamil: “அம்மன் கோவெர்னோராட்”
  • Telugu: “అమ్మన్ గవర్నరేట్”
  • Thai: “เขตผู้ว่าราชการอัมมาน”
  • Turkish: “Amman ili”
  • Turkish: “Amman”
  • Ukrainian: “Губернаторство Амман”
  • Ukrainian: “Ель-Асіма”
  • Ukrainian: “Мухафаза Амман”
  • Ukrainian: “Провінція Амман”
  • Ukrainian: “Провінція Ель-Асіма”
  • Urdu: “محافظہ عمان”
  • Vietnamese: “Tỉnh Amman”
  • Welsh: “Ardal Lywodraethol Amman”
  • Western Armenian: “Ամմանի մարզ”
  • Western Panjabi: “ضلع عمان”
  • “ma Aman”

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