Amman

Amman David Bjorgen, CC BY-SA 3.0

Capital of Jordan

Amman is the capital and the largest city of Jordan, and the country's economic, political, and cultural center. With a population of five million as of 2024, Amman is Jordan's primate city and is the largest city in the Levant region, the seventh-largest city in the Arab world, and the eighth-largest metropolitan area in the Middle East.

Also known as...Amman, Jordan, Philadelphia, Aman, Ammon, and ʿAmmān
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