Editing Amman (section)

==Demographics==
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|7250 BC |3000
|1879 |500
|1906 |5000
|1930 |10000
|1940 |20000
|1952 |108000
|1979 |848587
|1999 |1864500 
|2004 |2315600 
|2010 |2842629
|2015 |4007526
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|+ Largest groups of Arab foreign residents<ref>{{cite web|title=٩.٥ ملايين عدد السكان في الأردن|url=http://www.ammonnews.net/article.aspx?articleno=257572|work=Ammon News|access-date=22 January 2016|date=22 January 2016|archive-date=31 January 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160131081628/http://www.ammonnews.net/article.aspx?articleno=257572|url-status=live}}</ref>
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! Nationality || Population (2015)
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|{{flag|Syria}} || 435,578
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|{{flag|Egypt}} || 390,631 
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|{{flag|Palestine}} || 308,091
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|{{flag|Iraq}} || 121,893
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|{{flag|Yemen}} || 27,109
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|{{flag|Libya}} || 21,649
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|Other|| 147,742
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The population of Amman reached 4,007,526 in 2015; the city contains about 42% of Jordan's entire population.<ref name=RefC/> It has a land area of {{convert|648.7|sqmi|km2|abbr=on|order=flip}} which yields a population density of about {{convert|2380|PD/km2|sp=us}}.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.permaculturenews.org/files/ipc10/Lancaster_Water_Harvesting_Jordan-9-2011.pdf| title=Turning Drains into Sponges and Water Scarcity into Water Abundance| work=Brad Lancaster| publisher=permaculturenews.org| access-date=30 September 2015| archive-date=4 March 2016| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304032505/http://www.permaculturenews.org/files/ipc10/Lancaster_Water_Harvesting_Jordan-9-2011.pdf| url-status=live}}</ref> The population of Amman has risen exponentially with the successive waves of immigrants and refugees arriving throughout the 20th century. From a population of roughly 1,000 in 1890, Amman grew to around 1,000,000 inhabitants in 1990, primarily as a result of immigration, but also due to the high birthrate in the city.<ref name=DS34>Dumper and Stanley, p. 34.</ref> Amman had been abandoned for centuries until hundreds of [[Circassians]] settled it in the 19th century. Today, about 40,000 Circassians live in Amman and its vicinity.<ref>Albala, p. 267.</ref> After Amman became a major hub along the [[Hejaz Railway]] in 1914, many Muslim and Christian merchant families from al-Salt immigrated to the city.<ref>Richmond, p. 124.</ref> A large proportion of Amman's inhabitants have [[Palestinians|Palestinian]] roots (urban or rural origin), and the two main demographic groups in the city today are Arabs of Palestinian or Jordanian descent. Other ethnic groups comprise about 2% of the population. There are no official statistics about the proportion of people of Palestinian or Jordanian descent.<ref>Dakwar, pp. 31–32.</ref>

New arrivals consisting of Jordanians from the north and south of the country and immigrants from Palestine had increased the city's population from 30,000 in 1930 to 60,000 in 1947.<ref name=Suleiman101>Suleiman, p. 101.</ref> About 10,000 Palestinians, mostly from [[Safed]], [[Haifa]] and [[Acre, Israel|Acre]], migrated to the city for economic opportunities before the [[1948 Palestine war|1948 war]].<ref name=Plascov33/> Many of the immigrants from al-Salt from that time were originally from [[Nablus]].<ref>Dakwar, p. 31.</ref> The 1948 war caused an exodus of urban Muslim and Christian Palestinian refugees, mostly from [[Jaffa]], [[Ramla]] and [[Lod|Lydda]], to Amman,<ref name=Plascov33>Plascov, p. 33.</ref> whose population swelled to 110,000.<ref name=Suleiman101/> With Jordan's capture of the [[West Bank]] during the war, many Palestinians from that area steadily migrated to Amman between 1950 and 1966, before another mass wave of Palestinian refugees from the West Bank moved to the city during the [[Six-Day War|1967 War]]. By 1970, the population had swelled to an estimated 550,000.<ref name=Suleiman101/> A further 200,000 Palestinians arrived after their expulsion from Kuwait during the 1991 [[Gulf War]]. Several large [[Palestinian refugee camp]]s exist around the center of Amman.<ref name=DS35>Dumper and Stanley, p. 35.</ref>

Because Amman lacks a deep-rooted native population, the city does not have a distinct Arabic [[dialect]], although recently such a dialect utilizing the various Jordanian and Palestinian dialects, has been forming.<ref>Owens, p. 260.</ref> The children of immigrants in the city are also increasingly referring to themselves as "Ammani", unlike much of the first-generation inhabitants who identify more with their respective places of origin.<ref>Jones, p. 64.</ref>

===Religion===
Amman has a mostly [[Sunni Muslim]] population, and the city contains numerous [[mosque]]s.<ref>Ring, Salkin and LaBoda, p. 65.</ref> Among the main mosques is the large [[King Abdullah I Mosque]], built between 1982 and 1989. It is capped by a blue mosaic [[dome]] beneath which 3,000 Muslims may offer prayer. The Abu Darweesh Mosque, noted for its checkered black-and-white pattern, has an architectural style that is unique to Jordan.<ref name=JTravel>{{cite web |title= Amman – a modern city built on the sands of time |publisher= jordantoursandtravel.com |work= Jordan Travel |url= http://www.jordantoursandtravel.com/amman.html |access-date= 22 September 2015 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160304030150/http://www.jordantoursandtravel.com/amman.html |archive-date= 4 March 2016 |url-status= dead}}</ref> The mosque is situated on [[Ashrafiyah, Amman|Jabal Ashrafieh]], the highest point in the city. The mosque's interior is marked by light-colored walls and Persian carpets. During the 2004 Amman Message conference, edicts from various clergy-members afforded the following schools of thought as garnering collective recognition: [[Hanafi]], [[Hanbali]], [[Maliki]], Shafi'i, Ja'fari, Zahiri, Zaydi, [[Ibadi]], tassawuf-related [[Sufism]], [[Muwahhidism]] and [[Salafism]].<ref>Global Security Watch—Jordan – Page 134, W. Andrew Terrill – 2010</ref> Amman also has a small [[Druze]] community.<ref>{{cite book| author=U.S. Senate: Committee on Foreign Relations| title=Annual Report on International Religious Freedom, 2004| publisher=[[Government Printing Office]]| year=2005| page=563| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=04dlwzB2SvcC&pg=PA563| isbn=978-0-16-072552-4| access-date=23 September 2015| archive-date=18 May 2020| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200518232337/https://books.google.com/books?id=04dlwzB2SvcC&pg=PA563| url-status=live}}</ref>

Large numbers of [[Christianity in Jordan|Christians]] from throughout Jordan, particularly from al-Salt, have moved to Amman. Nearby [[Fuheis]] is a predominantly [[Arab Christians|Christian]] town located to the northwest of the city.<ref>{{cite journal| last=Miller| first=Duane Alexander| title=The Episcopal Church in Jordan: Identity, Liturgy, and Mission| journal=[[Journal of Anglican Studies]]| date=November 2011| volume=9| issue=2| pages=134–153| url=https://www.academia.edu/1482555| access-date=16 November 2012| doi=10.1017/S1740355309990271| s2cid=144069423| archive-date=13 July 2021| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210713085729/https://www.academia.edu/1482555| url-status=live}}</ref> A small [[Armenian Catholic]] community of around 70 families is present in the city.<ref>Kildani, p. 678.</ref> [[Ecclesiastical court]]s for matters of personal status are also located in Amman. A total of 16 historic churches are located in [[Umm ar-Rasas]] ruins in [[Al-Jeezah]] district; the site is believed to have initially served as [[Roman Empire|Roman]] fortified military camps which gradually became a town around the 5th century AD. It has not been completely excavated. It was influenced by several civilizations including the Romans, Byzantines and Muslims. The site contains some well-preserved mosaic floors, particularly the mosaic floor of the Church of Saint Stephen.<ref>{{cite web| url=https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1093/| title=Um er-Rasas (Kastrom Mefa'a)| access-date=6 October 2015| year=2004| publisher=UNESCO World Heritage Center| work=unesco.org| archive-date=2 January 2021| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210102191504/https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1093/| url-status=live}}</ref>