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In 1909 a city council was established in Amman by Circassian Ismael Babouk who became the first-ever mayor of the capital, and in 1914 Amman's first city district center was founded. [80] The Greater Amman Municipality (GAM) has been investing in making the city a better place, through a number of initiatives.
Downtown Amman (Arabic: البلد, al-Balad) [1] is an old, central commercial area of Amman, Jordan. History. The Balad is the oldest section of the city.
City Mall is a shopping mall located in Amman, Jordan, owned by the Al-Khayr Real Estate Investment Company.It opened in 2006. The mall extends over an area of 160,000 m 2 (1,700,000 sq ft), of which 55,000 m 2 (590,000 sq ft) are leasable.
The Amman Citadel (Arabic: جبل القلعة, romanized: Jabal Al-Qal'a) is an archeological site at the center of downtown Amman, the capital of Jordan. The L-shaped hill is one of the seven hills (jebal) that originally made up Amman.
Map of Jordan Relief map of Jordan Amman, capital of Jordan Zarqa Irbid. List. Cities and urban localities with a population of higher than 20,000 are listed below.
Situated in southernmost Jordan, Aqaba is the administrative center of the Aqaba Governorate. [5] The city had a population of 148,398 in 2015 and a land area of 375 square kilometres (144.8 sq mi). [6] Today, Aqaba plays a major role in the development of the Jordanian economy, through the vibrant trade and tourism sectors.
The governorate's capital is the city of Amman, which is also the country's capital. The administrative center of the governorate as well as all government offices and parliament are located in the Abdali district. The Amman Governorate has the largest population of the 12 governorates of Jordan.
Jordan renounced its claim to the territory to the Palestinians in 1988 and signed a peace treaty with Israel in 1994. Jordan is a semi-arid country, covering an area of 89,342 km 2 (34,495 sq mi) with a population of 11.5 million, making it the eleventh-most populous Arab country.