Amman

Amman is the capital and largest city of the Hashemite Kingdom of with a population of about 4 million as of 2020. Amman forms a great base for exploring the country and does, despite popular belief, hold a few items of interest to the traveler.
  • City with about 4,010,000 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of around 780 metres (2,550 feet)
  • …has the IATA airport code AMM
  • Description: capital of Jordan
  • Also known as
    “Aman”
    “Amman, Jordan”
    “Ammon”
    “Mint of Philadelphia”
    “Philadelphia”
    “Rabbah”
    “Rabbath Ammon”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Citadel Hill and King Abdullah I Mosque.
The Amman Citadel on is an archaeological…
Theater building
Roman Theatre of Amman is a 6,000-seat, 2nd-century Roman theatre.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Al-Wehdat camp and Jabal el-Hussein camp.
Neighborhood
Amman New Camp, usually known as the Al-Wehdat…
Hasanisawi, Public domain.
Neighborhood
is one of the 10 officially…
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Latitude
31.9516° or 31° 57′ 6″ north
Longitude
35.924° or 35° 55′ 26″ east
UN/LOCODE
JO AMM
Open location code
8G3QXW2F+JH
Open­Street­Map ID
Open­Street­Map feature
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Geo­Names ID
Wiki­data ID

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In Other Languages

From Achinese to Zulu—“Amman” goes by many names.
AmmanAchinese
АмманAdyghe
AmmanAfrikaans
AmanAlbanian
AmaniAlbanian
AmmanAlbanian
አማንAmharic
عَمَّانArabic
عمّونArabic
مدينة عمّانArabic
AmmánAragonese
ԱմմանArmenian
Ռաբբաթ-ԱմմոնArmenian
AmanArpitan
AmmanArpitan
AmánAsturian
AmmanAzerbaijani
AmmanBalinese
AmmanBanjar
АмманBashkir
AmmanBasque
АманBelarusian
আম্মানBengali
AmanBetawi
AmanBosnian
AmmanBosnian
AmmanBreton
АманBulgarian
အမ်မန်မြို့Burmese
AmmanCatalan
AmmanCebuano
AmmanCentral Bikol
عەممانCentral Kurdish
АмманChechen
ӀамманChechen
安曼Chinese
АмманChuvash
AmmanCroatian
AmmánCzech
AmmanDanish
AmmanDimli (individual language)
AmmanDutch
Amman (stad)Dutch
عمّانEgyptian Arabic
AmanoEsperanto
AmmanEstonian
AmmanFaroese
AmmanFiji Hindi
AmmanFinnish
AmánGalician
ამანიGeorgian
ΑμμάνGreek
ῬαββαταμαναGreek
AmãGuarani
અમ્માનGujarati
AmànHaitian
AmmanHakka Chinese
AmmanHausa
AmmanHawaiian
עמאןHebrew
רבת עמוןHebrew
अम्मानHindi
AmmánHungarian
AmmanIcelandic
AmmanIdo
AmmanIloko
AmmanInari Sami
AmmanIndonesian
AmmanInterlingua
AmmanInterlingue
AmmanIrish
AmmanItalian
アンマンJapanese
AmmanJavanese
AmaneJèrriais
АмманKabardian
ƐemmanKabyle
AmmanKalaallisut
ಅಮ್ಮಾನ್Kannada
AmmanKara-Kalpak
АмманKazakh
АмманKirghiz
AmmanKomering
AmmanKongo
암만Korean
AmmanKurdish
EmanKurdish
EmmanKurdish
Philadelphia (historical)Latin
Philadelphia IordaniaeLatin
AmmānaLatvian
AmmanLigurian
安曼Literary Chinese
AmanasLithuanian
AmmanLivvi
AmmanLombard
AmmanLow German
AmmanLule Sami
AmmanLuxembourgish
AmmanMacedo-Romanian
АманMacedonian
अम्मानMagahi
अम्मानMaithili
AmmanMalagasy
AmmanMalay
عمانMalay
അമ്മാൻMalayalam
AmmanMaltese
अम्मानMarathi
امانMazanderani
AmmanMin Dong Chinese
AmmanMin Nan Chinese
AmmanMinangkabau
ამანიMingrelian
АмманMoksha
АмманMongolian
عمانMoroccan Arabic
AmmanNeapolitan
अम्मानNepali
AmmanNorthern Frisian
امانNorthern Luri
AmmanNorthern Sami
AmmanNorwegian
AmmanNorwegian Bokmål
AmmanNorwegian Nynorsk
AmanNovial
AmmanNupe-Nupe-Tako
AmmanOccitan (post 1500)
ܥܡܐܢOfficial Aramaic (700-300 BCE)
ࡏࡀࡌࡀࡍOfficial Aramaic (700-300 BCE)
AmmanOld English (ca. 450-1100)
АмманOssetian
ਅਮਾਨPanjabi
AmanPapiamento
امانPersian
عَمّانPersian
AmmanPiemontese
AmmanPolish
آمانPushto
AmmanQuechua
AmmanRomanian
АмманRussia Buriat
АмманRussian
ФиладельфияRussian
An-manSakizaya
AmansSamogitian
ᱟᱢᱢᱟᱱSantali
AmmanSardinian
AmmanScots
AmmanScottish Gaelic
АманSerbian
AmanSerbo-Croatian
AmmanSerbo-Croatian
AmmanShona
AmmanSicilian
AmmanSilesian
اممانSindhi
عمان (شهر)Sindhi
عمان، اردنSindhi
අම්මාන්Sinhala
AmmanSkolt Sami
AmmánSlovak
AmanSlovenian
امانSouth Azerbaijani
عمانSouth Azerbaijani
AmmanSwahili
AmmanSwedish
AmanTagalog
AmmanTagalog
АммонTajik
AmmanTalysh
அம்மான்Tamil
АмманTatar
అమ్మాన్Telugu
อัมมานThai
ཨམ་མན།Tibetan
AmmanTurkish
AmmanTurkmen
АмманUdmurt
ئاممانUighur
АмманUkrainian
AmmanUpper Sorbian
عمانUrdu
AmmanUzbek
AmmanVenetian
AmmanVeps
AmmanVietnamese
AmmanVolapük
AmmanVõro
AmmanWaray (Philippines)
AmmanWelsh
ԱմմանWestern Armenian
AmmanWestern Frisian
عمانWestern Panjabi
عمان شہرWestern Panjabi
AmmanWolof
安曼Wu Chinese
אמאןYiddish
אמאן, יארדאניעYiddish
AmmanYoruba
安曼Yue Chinese
i-AmmanZulu
ma tomo Aman

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