Amman

Amman (; , ʿAmmān) is the caipital an lairgest ceety o the Hashemite Kinrick o Jordan. A ceety o ower 2 million indwallers (2010 estimate), it is the kintra's poleetical, cultural an commercial centre an ane o the auldest continuously inhabitit ceeties in the warld. Amman is the admeenistrative seat o the homonymous govrenorate.

Amman wis named ane o the Middle East an North Africae's best ceeties accordin tae economic, labour, enviornmental, an socio-cultural factors.http://sify.com/news/abu-dhabi-voted-best-city-in-mena-region-news-international-kl0wuhjcbdc.html

Destricts
The ceety is admeenistered as the Greater Amman Municipality (GAM) an covers 27 destricts which include:
 1  Âbdali  4  Qwésmé, Jwaydé, Abu Âlanda an Raqim   7  Müwaqar  10  Bader è Jadida 13 Jbeyha  16  Mārka  19  Ohod  22  Şhafa Badran  25  Tlaâ’l Âli 2  Abu Nsér 5  Yarmuk 8  Mqabalayen  11  Basmān 14  Khraybet essouq  17  Médina 20  Rās ıl Êyn  23  Swéyleh  26  Vādi'l Sér 3  Um-Ožayna 6  Jizah 9  Bader 12  Hüsbān 15  Marj ıl Hamām  18  Naûr  21  Sahāb  24  Tariq  27  Zahrān


 Cultur 

Cuisine

The New York Times praised the cuisine o Amman. "You’ll fynd the bricht vegetables frae Lebanon, crunchy falafels frae Sirie, juicy kebabs frae Egyp an, maist recently, spicy meat dishes frae Jordan’s neebour, Iraq. It’s kent as the fuid o the Levant — a auncient wird for the aurie boondit bi the Mediterranean Sea an the Arabie Peninsula. But the fuid here isna juist the sum ofits calories. In this poleetically, releegiously an ethnically fraucht corner o the warld, it is a seembol o bloodlines an identity."

 Sport 
Amman-based fitball clubs Al-Wihdat an Al-Faisaly hae wan the naitional league several times.

The 2007 Asian Championships in Athletics an 2009 IAAF Warld Cross Kintra Championships wur hauden in the ceety.

Amman hosts the Jordan Rally, whilk form pairt o the FIA Warld Rally Championship, becomin the lairgest sportin event hauden in Jordan iver.
Amman an aa hosts the Sama Tournament whilk is a pairt o the Trillium Championship.

 Internaitional relations 

 Twin touns — sister ceeties 
Amman is twinned wi:
  Muscat, Oman (1986)
  Baku, Azerbaijan
  Jeddah, Saudi Arabie (1988)
  Cairo, Egyp (1988)
  Rabat, Morocco (1988)
  Islamabad, Pakistan (1989)
  Sana'a, Yemen (1989)
  Beijing, Cheenae (1990)
  Ankara, Turkey (1992)
  Khartoum, Sudan (1993)  Miami, Unitit States (1995)
  Doha, Qatar (1995)
  Istanbul, Turkey (1997)
  São Paulo, Brazil, (1997)
  Algiers, Algerie (1998)
  Bucharest, Romanie (1999)
  Nouakchott, Mauritanie (1999)
  Tunis, Tunisie (1999)
  Sofia, Bulgarie (2000)
  Beirut, Lebanon (2000)  Pretoria, Sooth Africae (2002)
  Tegucigalpa, Honduras (2002)
  Chicago, Unitit States (2004)
  Geneva, Swisserland (2005)
  Milan, Italy (2005)
  Calabria, Italy (2005)
  Sarajevo, Bosnie an Herzegovinae (2005)
  Moscow, Roushie (2005)
  Central Govrenorate, Bahrain (2006)
  Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan (2006)
  San Francisco, Unitit States (2010)
  Tokyo, Japan (2011)

 References 

 Freemit airtins 


 Amman Ceety Guide
 360 degrees panorama frae the Citadel Hill in central Amman 
 Amman interactive map 
 Amman Discussion Forum  
 Amman photo Gallery 
 Amman photo Slideshow 
 Wabsteid for Amman's centennial celebrations tellin the modren history o the ceety
 Jordan Times Urban Crossroads airticles on Amman

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