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Greek
The Greek spelling Φιλαδελφια was given, but I've temporarily removed it. This is because I really think the spelling was Φιλαδελφεια, but can't quite confirm that. LA BANDERA REAL POSEE UNA ESTRELLA DE 8 PUNTAS EN EL TRIANGULO CENTRAL.++++ — Preceding unsigned comment added by 190.192.23.21 (talk) 21:31, 25 December 2012 (UTC)
History
My sources claim that the Circassians settled in the area in AD 1878 rather than AD 1887. Can someone please confirm or deny this? - Cybjorg 16:13, 10 October 2005 (UTC)
This photo got a caption saying "Jabal Abdoun" but Abdoun is a place which is in the Jabal Amman area. -- Omernos 05:59, 9 July 2006 (UTC)
Hi. I took this image. I changed the caption to just Abdoun if that makes more sense. When I lived in Amman, I used to know this part of town as Jabal Abdoun, I don't think it was its formal name though. It's interesting that Abdoun is classified as being part of Jabal Amman, as Abdoun stands on its own hill, and is separated from Jabal Amman by a deep wadi. Nick Fraser 06:32, 9 July 2006 (UTC)
- Hello Nick, it's a great photo. I am from Jordan and I loved this photo. I wanted a proper caption to it! :D -- Well, yeah people often think Abdoun is a whole different place or on it's own but it's actually part of Jabal Amman. Jabal Amman is such a great place, very nice and classy! And it views almost the oldest heritage or Amman and Royalty! -- Omernos
- While it is correct that Abdoun is contained within the neighbourhood of Jabal Amman, Jabal Abdoun is indeed a hill separate from that of Jabal Amman. Jamshyd 02:38, 5 May 2007 (UTC)
Tourism
I can't change the tourism section, it is vandalized —Preceding unsigned comment added by Dunamasri (talk • contribs) 20:06, 12 December 2006
"lone, deranged"?
seems to be a little editorialistic. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 24.215.216.32 (talk) 17:21, 26 January 2007 (UTC).
Average Temp.
How is the average high temp for the year higher than the average high temp for any individual month? Obviously there is an error in this somewhere. Can anyone find the correct averages and edit this page with a correction? 98.207.248.160 (talk) 05:29, 23 January 2009 (UTC)
The whole weather section is false. The current temperature there is higher than the stated record temp for this month. And this is not a record-breaking day. Also, record high temperature in January is 12.3c, average is 3c? No way, Amman is a warm city. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 85.250.159.105 (talk) 23:43, 30 November 2009 (UTC)
The climate (weather) section is correct with regards to certain elevations (altitudes). Currently, there are no record temperatures listed for Amman in this page. Amman is a warm city in Summer, not so much in Winter. The temperatures as stated in the page vary due to elevation. The average temperature in "Al-Jubaiha" and other areas at 1000 meters elevation in the day is 7-9 degrees Celsius, while it is 1-3 degrees Celsius at night. MQ1993 (talk) 12:32, 12 June 2012 (UTC)
the merge
i don't think it's a good idea for merage it, but can you tell me why we have to merage it ? --O.waqfi (talk) 23:05, 28 January 2009 (UTC)
The 7 pronged star in the flag
Hi, I removed the following "It sits atop seven hills, which are represented by the seven pronged star depicted on the Jordanian flag." because the 7 pronged star refers to the seven verses of the first surah in the Qur'an, and it says so here Jordanian flag. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 87.238.131.55 (talk) 15:58, 22 September 2009
Flag/Seal of Amman
Why should GAM's flag be considered Amman's flag? If it doesn't matter, then why do I never see the green flag hanging on poles anymore? Instead they put a so called Seal on the poles, when a flag is supposed to be there. Amman has no flag, it is just a GAM logo. Can somebody please talk back, to see if they should be removed and not considered as Amman's Flag and Seal? Thank you. Spaza-bozo (talk) 18:46, 26 March 2010 (UTC)
confusion here: "until 1948, and 1967, when"
"Amman remained a small city until 1948, and 1967, when the population expanded considerably due to an influx of Palestinian refugees from what is now Israel."
There seems to be a section / phrase missing somewhere in this sentence. Any idea what should be in the sentence to make sense ?
Kgrad (talk) 03:16, 21 April 2010 (UTC)
I see what you mean. Maybe it is better to be written like so: "Amman used to be a rather small city, but due to the high numbers of Palestinian refugees coming in during 1948 and 1967 the city increased in size." The previous sentence made it seem rather wrong in a way. Spaza-bozo (talk) 17:55, 25 April 2010 (UTC)
Geo Coordinates
Are wrong —Preceding unsigned comment added by 212.186.64.225 (talk) 09:38, 1 May 2010
Population
The population of the Greater Amman Municipality area is 5.1 million people. REF: [1] Can whoever keeps changing it to 1 million stop? I don't understand why they keep doing that. Cheers. —Preceding unsigned comment added by RickHindi (talk • contribs) 23:38, 11 May 2011 (UTC)
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"First Civilization on record" ?
Is this statement authentic and approved by archaeologists? why is the date different from the one mentioned on the site http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%27Ain_Ghazal ? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 134.147.64.48 (talk) 19:20, 31 December 2011 (UTC)
Economy
The Information Technology section under the Economy is full of unverified claims. It claims that "some California-based VC firm" rates Amman as top 10 tech places in the world, surpassing Tel Aviv and Dubai. First, Tel Aviv (and Israel as a whole) IT sector only GDB is 75% that of Jordan's entire economy. Please do not write such unverified claims/lies. It also claims that 75% of Arabic content comes from Jordan (no cited source) and it claims that it is often-referred to as the "Silicon Valley of the region" (did you people really forget Dubai and Tel Aviv area light years ahead of Amman)? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Nayefc (talk • contribs) 20:46, 13 May 2013 (UTC)
Amman's "world city" ranking
In the article, it states that "Amman is also ranked a Gamma global city on the World City Index." I wanted a bit more onformation on what that actually meant, so I followed the link to the global cities page and discovered that since 2012, Amman has been bumped up to a "Beta–" rank city.[1] This needs to be updated.
35.40.116.67 (talk) 00:01, 24 February 2014 (UTC)
Merger proposal
I propose that Rabbah be merged into Amman. Other than their backgrounds, the two cities are actually one and the same, it was almost like a simple name change. I also suggest a soft redirect of Philadelphia (Decapolis) to this article, for the same reason. Kj plma (talk) 03:42, 13 November 2014 (UTC)
What is missing from the recently created city timeline article? Please add relevant content. Contributions welcome. Thank you. -- M2545 (talk) 14:50, 19 May 2015 (UTC)
Use of "homonymous" in opening PP
I really think eponymous is a better word here, but I need to know whether the governate is named for the city or the opposite. CM (talk) 15:39, 26 May 2015 (UTC)