Official Name: | Al-Quwaysimah |
Native Name: | القويسمة |
Pushpin Map: | Jordan |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Jordan |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Jordan |
Subdivision Type1: | Governorate |
Subdivision Name1: | Amman Governorate |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Population As Of: | 2013 |
Population Total: | 176,400 |
Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities |
Population Blank2 Title: | Religions |
Timezone: | UTC + 2 |
Coordinates: | 31.9167°N 92°W |
Al-Quwaysimah (Arabic: القُويسِمة|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]
Al-Quwaysimah has a mediterranean climate (Köppen climate classification: Csa). The average annual temperature is 16.3°C, and around 335mm of precipitation falls annually.