Al-Quwaysimah (Jordan)

Place in Amman Governorate, Jordan
Al-Quwaysimah
القويسمة
31°55′N 35°57′E / 31.917°N 35.950°E / 31.917; 35.950
Country Jordan
GovernorateAmman Governorate
Population
 (2013)
 • Total176,400
Time zoneUTC + 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.

Climate data for Al Quwaysimah
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

  1. ^ Maplandia world gazetteer
  2. ^ "Jordan: Administrative Division, Governorates and Districts". citypopulation.de. Retrieved 25 December 2016.
  3. ^ "Atlas of ELECTORAL DISTRICTS" (PDF). UNDP. Retrieved 30 January 2019.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ Jordan
  6. ^ Barakat, Nora Elizabeth (Spring 2015). An Empty Land? Nomads and Property Administration in Hamidian Syria (PDF) (PhD). Berkeley: University of California. p. 158.
  7. ^ "Climate: Al Quwaysimah". 17 January 2018.
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