Quweismeh

Al-Quwaysimah is an area part of the Greater Amman Municipality, and also one of the districts of . As of 2013 it had a population of 176,400, making it the fifth largest city in Jordan.
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  • Type: Locality with 32,400 residents
  • Description: town in Amman Governorate, Jordan
  • Also known as: Al Quwaysimah”, “El Quweisima”, “El Quweisme”, “Hayy al Quwaysimah”, and “Ḩayy al Quwaysimah

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Al-Wehdat camp and Amman.

Neighborhood
Amman New Camp, usually known as the Al-Wehdat or Al-Wihdat camp, which is located in the Hay Al Awdah neighbourhood in southeast , the capital city of , occupies a 0.48 km2. is situated 2½ km northwest of Quweismeh.

is the capital and largest city of the Hashemite Kingdom of with a population of about 4 million as of 2020. forms a great base for exploring the country and does, despite popular belief, hold a few items of interest to the traveler.

Neighborhood
is one of the 10 officially recognized UNRWA Palestinian refugee camps in . It is located outside of the Abdali area district of . is situated 7 km north of Quweismeh.

Quweismeh

Latitude
31.91037° or 31° 54′ 37″ north
Longitude
35.94975° or 35° 56′ 59″ east
Population
32,400
Elevation
983 metres (3,225 feet)
Open location code
8G3QWW6X+4V
Geo­Names ID
250461
Wiki­data ID
Q3505801
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Welsh—“Quweismeh” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: Al Quwaysimah
  • Albanian: El-Kuvejsime
  • Arabic: القويسمة
  • Arabic: القويسمه
  • Arabic: حي القويسمة
  • Arabic: قويسمة
  • Armenian: Ալ-Քուվեյսիմահ
  • Asturian: Al Quwaysimah
  • Catalan: Al Quwaysimah
  • Cebuano: Al Quwaysimah
  • Dutch: Al Quwaysimah
  • Esperanto: Kuvejsima
  • French: Al Quwaysimah
  • Galician: Al Quwaysimah
  • German: Al-Quwaisima
  • Hebrew: אל-קוסיימה
  • Irish: Al Quwaysimah
  • Japanese: アル・クワイシマ
  • Mazanderani: القویسمه
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Al Quwaysimah
  • Persian: القویسمه
  • Polish: Al-Kuwajsima
  • Polish: Al-Quwaisima
  • Polish: Al-Quwaysima
  • Polish: Al-Quwaysimah
  • Romanian: Al Quwaysimah, Abu Alanda, Jweideh şi Rujeib
  • Romanian: Al Quwaysimah, Abu Alanda, Jweideh și Rujeib
  • Russian: Эль-Кувейсима
  • Scots: Al Quwaysimah
  • Spanish: Al Quwaysimah
  • Swedish: Al Quwaysimah
  • Turkish: El Kuveysime
  • Ukrainian: Ель-Кувайсіма
  • Ukrainian: Ель-Кувейсіма
  • Ukrainian: Кувайсіма
  • Ukrainian: Кувейсіма
  • Urdu: القویسمہ
  • Welsh: Al Cwaisimah
  • Welsh: Al Quwaysimah

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