๐ฏ๐ด Amman is the capital and largest city of Jordan and the country's economic, political and cultural centre Amman is the largest city in the Levant region and the fifth-largest city in the Arab world. It is considered to be among the most modernised Arab cities and is a major tourist destination. Amman has a relatively fast growing economy. Moreover, it was named one of the Middle East and North Africa's best cities according to economic, labor, environmental, and socio-cultural factors. The city is among the most popular locations in the Arab world for multinational corporations to set up their regional offices, alongside Doha and only behind Dubai. It is expected that in the next 10 years these three cities will capture the largest share of multinational corporation activity in the region.
1Banking sector The banking sector is one of the principal foundations of Jordan's economy. Despite the unrest and economic difficulties in the Arab world resulting from the Arab Spring uprisings, Jordan's banking sector maintained its growth in 2014. The sector consists of 25 banks, 15 of which are listed on the Amman Stock Exchange. Amman is the base city for the international Arab Bank, one of the largest financial institutions in the Middle East, serving clients in more than 600 branches in 30 countries on five continents. Arab Bank represents 28% of the Amman Stock Exchange and is the highest-ranked institution by market capitalization on the exchange.
1Tourist Industry Amman is the 4th most visited Arab city and the ninth highest recipient of international visitor spending. Roughly 1.8ย million tourists visited Amman in 2011 and spent over $1.3ย billion in the city. The expansion of Queen Alia International Airport is an example of the Greater Amman Municipality's heavy investment in the city's infrastructure. The recent construction of a public transportation system and a national railway, and the expansion of roads, are intended to ease the traffic generated by the millions of annual visitors to the city. Amman, and Jordan in general, is the Middle East's hub for medical tourism. Jordan receives the most medical tourists in the region and the fifth highest in the world. Amman receives 250,000 foreign patients a year and over $1ย billion annually.
1Business Amman is introducing itself as a business hub. The city's skyline is being continuously transformed through the emergence of new projects. A significant portion of business flowed into Amman following the 2003 Iraq War. Jordan's main airport, Queen Alia International Airport, is located south of Amman and is the hub for the country's national carrier Royal Jordanian, a major airline in the region. The airline is headquartered in Zahran district. Rubicon Group Holding and Maktoob, two major regional information technology companies, are based in Amman, along with major international corporations such as Hikma Pharmaceuticals, one of the Middle East's largest pharmaceutical companies, and Aramex, the Middle East's largest logistics and transportation company. In a report by Dunia Frontier Consultants, Amman, along with Doha, Qatar and Dubai, United Arab Emirates, are the favored hubs for multinational corporations operating in the Middle East and North Africa region. In FDI magazine, Amman was chosen as the Middle Eastern city with the most potential to be a leader in foreign direct investment in the region. Furthermore, several of the world's largest investment banks have offices in Amman including Standard Chartered, Sociรฉtรฉ Gรฉnรฉrale, and Citibank.
1Amman is rated Beta โ by the Globalization and World Cities Research Network (GaWC) which evaluates and ranks the relationships between world cities in the context of globalisation. Beta level cities are cities that link moderate economic regions to the world economy.
Amman is rated D+ by the Global Urban Competitiveness Report (GUCR) which evaluates and ranks world cities in the context of economic competitiveness. D+ cities are strong regional hub cities. Amman was ranked #244 by the Nomad List which evaluates and ranks remote work hubs by cost, internet, fun and safety. Amman has a population of over 2,200,000 people. Amman also forms the centre of the wider Amman metropolitan area which has a population of over 4,007,526 people. Amman is ranked #201 for startups with a score of 2.088.
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๐ฉ๐ฟ Algiers, Algeria ๐น๐ท Ankara, Turkey ๐ฐ๐ฟ Astana, Kazakhstan ๐น๐ท Baฤcฤฑlar, Turkey ๐ช๐ธ Barcelona, Spain ๐ฑ๐ง Beirut, Lebanon ๐ฐ๐ฌ Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan ๐ท๐ด Bucharest, Romania ๐ช๐ฌ Cairo, Egypt ๐ฎ๐น Catanzaro, Italy ๐บ๐ธ Chicago, USA ๐บ๐ธ Cincinnati, USA ๐ถ๐ฆ Doha, Qatar ๐ฆ๐ช Dubai, UAE ๐น๐ท Esenyurt, Turkey ๐ต๐ธ Hebron, Palestine ๐ต๐ฐ Islamabad, Pakistan ๐น๐ท Istanbul, Turkey ๐ธ๐ฆ Jeddah, Saudi Arabia ๐ธ๐ฉ Khartoum, Sudan ๐ง๐ญ Manama, Bahrain ๐ท๐บ Moscow, Russia ๐ง๐ฆ Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina ๐ด๐ฒ Muscat, Oman ๐ท๐บ Nalchik, Russia ๐ฒ๐ท Nouakchott, Mauritania ๐ฐ๐ฟ Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan ๐ซ๐ท Paris, France ๐ฟ๐ฆ Pretoria, South Africa ๐ฒ๐ฆ Rabat, Morocco ๐บ๐ธ San Francisco, USA ๐พ๐ช Sanaa, Yemen ๐ธ๐ฌ Singapore, Singapore ๐ง๐ญ Sitra, Bahrain ๐ง๐ฌ Sofia, Bulgaria ๐ง๐ฉ Sylhet, Bangladesh ๐ญ๐ณ Tegucigalpa, Honduras ๐น๐ณ Tunis, Tunisia ๐ฆ๐ฒ Yerevan, Armenia๐ฎ๐ฑ Rishon LeZion 31.958
๐ฎ๐ฑ Rishon LeTsiyyon 31.95
๐ฎ๐ฑ Rishon LeZiyyon 31.95
๐ฎ๐ฑ Nes Ziyyona 31.933
Locations Near: Amman 35.939,31.9522
๐ฏ๐ด Zarqa 36.1,32.083 d: 21
๐ฏ๐ด Salt 35.733,32.033 d: 21.4
๐ฏ๐ด Al-Salt 35.733,32.033 d: 21.4
๐ฏ๐ด Madaba 35.8,31.717 d: 29.3
๐ฏ๐ด Jerash 35.883,32.267 d: 35.4
๐ฏ๐ด Deir Alla 35.6,32.183 d: 41
๐ฏ๐ด Irbid 35.842,32.559 d: 68.1
๐ธ๐พ Daraa 36.11,32.626 d: 76.6
๐ต๐ธ Nablus 35.276,32.226 d: 69.5
๐ต๐ธ East Jerusalem 35.233,31.783 d: 69.2
Antipodal to: Amman -144.061,-31.952
๐ต๐ซ Papeete -149.566,-17.537 d: 18319.4
๐ฆ๐ธ Pago Pago -170.701,-14.279 d: 16672.7
๐น๐ด Nuku'alofa -175.216,-21.136 d: 16705.6
๐ผ๐ธ Apia -171.76,-13.833 d: 16553.6
๐บ๐ธ Hilo -155.089,19.725 d: 14149.9
๐บ๐ธ Maui -156.446,20.72 d: 14011.5
๐บ๐ธ Kahului -156.466,20.891 d: 13992.5
๐บ๐ธ Wailuku -156.505,20.894 d: 13991.3
๐บ๐ธ Maui County -156.617,20.868 d: 13991.5