Amman Governorate, officially known as Muhafazat al-Asima, is one of the governorates in Jordan. The governorate's capital is the city of Amman, which is also the country's capital. The administrative
Byzantine mosaic in the Church of Saint Stephen in Umm ar-Rasas
ʿAin Ghazal Venus which dates back to 7250 BC, is among the oldest known large-scale statues of the human form. It is housed in the Jordan Archaeological Museum.
Abdali district forms the heart of Amman.
Abdali is an area in the Greater Amman Municipality, Jordan. It is named for King Abdullah I who founded it in the 1940s. It covers an area of 15 square kilometres in the heart of Amman, with a popula
Amman Governorate
…which is also the country's capital. The administrative center of the governorate, as well as all government offices and parliament, is located in the Abdali district. The Amman Governorate has the largest population of the 12 governorates of Jordan. It borders Zarqa Governorate to the north and northeast…
Stairs in Jabal Al-Lweibdeh
Thaqafa street in Shmeisani
Jabal el-Hussein camp is one of four camps to accommodate refugees who left Palestine as a result of the 1948 Arab-Israeli war.