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Amman Governorate, officially known as Muhafazat al-Asima (Arabic: محافظة العاصمة, English translation: The Capital Governorate), is one of the governorates in Jordan. The governorate's capital is the city of Amman, which is also the country's capital.
- 7,579 km² (2,926 sq mi)
- Jordan
- +(962)6
- Amman
On 15 August 2017, Jordan held local elections for three levels of government: mayoralties, municipal and local councils, and governorate councils . While the municipal and local councils have been elected consistently since 1925, the governorate council elections are the first of their kind in Jordan, with the councils established by a new ...
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t. e. The district "Liwaa" ( Arabic: لواء, plural Alwiya ألوية) are the administrative centres ("chief towns") in Jordan. [1] The twelve governorates of Jordan contain fifty-two alwiya which are listed below by governorate. In many cases the name of the chief town is the same as the name of the district ( liwa) or sub-district ( qadaa ...
Amman ( Arabic: عمان ʿAmmān ), is the capital of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan and the capital of the Amman Governorate. It is the largest city in the Kingdom and one of the largest Arab cities in terms of population, with a population in 2014 of about 4 million, which also makes it one of the fastest growing cities in the world.
- 7250 BC
- Jordan
- 1909
- Amman Governorate
Populated places in Amman Governorate. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Populated places in the Amman Governorate.
There are 23 electoral districts; five in the Amman governorate, four in the Irbid governorate, two in the Zarqa governorate, one each for the other nine governorates, and three badia districts for Bedouins. The Circassian/Chechen and Christian quotas were included among seats assigned within the governorate districts.
The Amman Governorate (Arabic: محافظة العاصمة) is one of the 12 governorates in Jordan. The governorate's capital is the city of Amman , which is also the nation's capital. This short article about a place or feature can be made longer.
