| Official Name: | Wadi Al-Seer |
| Native Name: | Arabic: وادي السير |
| Settlement Type: | Area |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: |  Jordan |
| Subdivision Type1: | Governorate |
| Subdivision Name1: | Amman Governorate |
| Leader Title: | Mayor |
| Area Total Km2: | 80 |
| Population Urban: | 241830[1] |
| Elevation M: | 900-1000 |
| Elevation Ft: | 2,952-3,280 |
Wadi Al-Seer or Wadi as-Seer (Arabic: وادي السير, meaning "Valley of the Orchards") is a valley (wadi) west of Amman, which gave its name to one of the twenty-two districts of the Greater Amman Municipality in Jordan. It is said to have taken its name from a prehistoric queen that ruled the area, Queen Seer. The district consists of ten neighborhoods, some of which are residential, others commercial or mixed.[2] [3]
Wadi as-Sir (approximate phonetic transcription Wâdī es-Sîr) is a valley descending along the eastern slopes of the Jordan Rift Valley westwards towards the Jordan River.
The valley offers access to the impressive Hellenistic-period ruins of Iraq el-Amir.[4]
In 1880, Circassians resettled by the Ottomans established a village in the valley, generally known as Wadi Sir or Wadi es-Sir, but known to the British during the First World War's Sinai and Palestine campaign as Ain es Sir. The valley and the village became important landmarks during three British attacks, the first and second in spring, and the third in autumn of 1918. Maps and war memoirs are using various spellings (Wadi, Wady, es Sir, Es Sir, Seer etc.). Meanwhile the old village has grown and become part of Greater Amman as Bayader Wadi Al-Seer (see section below).
Wadi Al-Seer district contains ten neighbourhoods; Al-Rawabi, Swefieh, Jandaweel, Al-Rawnaq, Al-Sahl, Al-Diyar, Bayader, Al-Sina'a, Al-Kursi and west Umm Uthaina.[5]
Bayader Wadi as-Seer neighbourhood is a small low-income town on the outskirts of the Greater Amman Municipality. It contains some Ottoman-era buildings and mosques from the early 20th century. Some 10 kilometres outside Wadi as-Seer are the ruins of the Qasr al-Abd castle and the related caves of Iraq al-Amir.[4] Wadi as-Seer city contains a well known historical courthouse, an old fort,[6] an entire Ottoman-style neighbourhood standing on extremely steep hills that are enveloped by European narrow streets.
The area is on the extreme outskirts of the city