Al-Quwaysimah
القويسمة | |
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&sq=Qlik&lang=&file=File:Amman_district_11.png) | |
&sq=Qlik&lang=&file=File:Jordan_location_map.svg)  Al-Quwaysimah Location in Jordan | |
| Coordinates: 31°55′N 35°57′E / 31.917°N 35.950°E | |
| Country | &sq=Qlik&lang=&file=File:Flag_of_Jordan.svg){kind=small} Jordan |
| Governorate | Amman Governorate |
| Population (2013) | |
| • Total | 176,400 |
| Time zone | UTC + 2 |
Al-Quwaysimah (Arabic: القُويسِمة, romanized: al-Quwaysima; alternatively spelled Quwaysma or Qweismeh) is an area part of the Greater Amman Municipality,[1] and also one of the districts of Amman governorate.[2][3][4] As of 2013 it had a population of 176,400, making it the fifth largest city in Jordan.[5] In the 2015 census it was grouped with the localities of al-Jweideh, Abu Alandah and al-Rajib for a combined population of 296,273.[4] In the 1915 Ottoman census it had a population of 101, all Muslims.[6]
- ^ Maplandia world gazetteer
- ^ "Jordan: Administrative Division, Governorates and Districts". citypopulation.de. Retrieved 25 December 2016.
- ^ "Atlas of ELECTORAL DISTRICTS" (PDF). UNDP. Retrieved 30 January 2019.
- ^ a b "The Population of the Kingdom by Administrative Divisions, According to the General Census of Population and Housing, result 2015" (PDF). Population and Social Statistics Directorate (Jordan). p. 5. Retrieved 5 December 2018.
- ^ Jordan
- ^ Barakat, Nora Elizabeth (Spring 2015). An Empty Land? Nomads and Property Administration in Hamidian Syria (PDF) (PhD). Berkeley: University of California. p. 158.