Al-Quwaysimah (Jordan)
Al-Quwaysimah القويسمة | |
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31°55′N 35°57′E / 31.917°N 35.950°E / 31.917; 35.950 | |
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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]
Climate
Al-Quwaysimah has a mediterranean climate (Köppen climate classification: Csa). The average annual temperature is 16.3 °C (61.3 °F), and around 335 mm (13.19 in) of precipitation falls annually.
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 11.2 (52.2) | 12.7 (54.9) | 15.8 (60.4) | 21.6 (70.9) | 26.8 (80.2) | 29.4 (84.9) | 30.8 (87.4) | 31.2 (88.2) | 29.8 (85.6) | 26.2 (79.2) | 19.6 (67.3) | 13.4 (56.1) | 22.4 (72.3) |
Daily mean °C (°F) | 6.9 (44.4) | 8.1 (46.6) | 10.6 (51.1) | 15.1 (59.2) | 19.5 (67.1) | 22.2 (72.0) | 23.9 (75.0) | 24.2 (75.6) | 22.5 (72.5) | 19.3 (66.7) | 14.1 (57.4) | 8.8 (47.8) | 16.3 (61.3) |
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 2.7 (36.9) | 3.6 (38.5) | 5.4 (41.7) | 8.6 (47.5) | 12.2 (54.0) | 15.0 (59.0) | 17.0 (62.6) | 17.2 (63.0) | 15.2 (59.4) | 12.5 (54.5) | 8.6 (47.5) | 4.3 (39.7) | 10.2 (50.4) |
Average precipitation mm (inches) | 76 (3.0) | 72 (2.8) | 62 (2.4) | 16 (0.6) | 4 (0.2) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 6 (0.2) | 32 (1.3) | 67 (2.6) | 335 (13.2) |
Source: [7] |
References
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Climate: Al Quwaysimah". 17 January 2018.
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