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
King Abdullah I Mosque with Our Lady Church
The Roman Theater in Amman
The Balqa, known colloquially as the Balga, is a geographic region in central Jordan generally defined as the highlands east of the Jordan Valley in between the Zarqa River to the north and the Wadi M
The landscape of the Balqa as seen from a hill in the Baqa'a suburb of Amman
Mount Nebo, one of the highest peaks in the Balqa
The Wadi Shueib valley, 2010
The interior of Qasr al-Kharane, one of several desert palaces built in the Balqa by the Umayyads