Local time
Sun, 4:55 AM GMT+3Asia/AmmanCityCapital
Amman
31.95° N, 35.93° E
- Population
- 1,060,000
- Natural Earth
- Population rank
- 1 of 8
- Rank by Natural Earth population among the 8 cities of Jordan in Terratlasia that have a population figure. Terratlasia does not list every city of Jordan, so this is not a national ranking.
- Time zone
- Asia/Amman
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Practical bearings for Amman, from the same records as the rest of this page.
No places in Amman have been recorded yet. The map and the country page still carry its context.
Overview
Name
In the 13th century BCE, the Ammonites named their primary city Rabbath Ammon; rabbath meant "capital," translating the name as "The Capital of [the] Ammon[ites]." Over time, the name shortened to Ammon and then to Amman.
Source: CIA World Factbook · 2026-02-01 · text generated from this source, approved by a person