Maan

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Maan

Coordinates30.20°, 35.73°

Demographic figures from Department of Statistics (Jordan). Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Ma'an is a city in southern Jordan, 218 kilometres (135 mi) southwest of the capital Amman. It serves as the capital of the Ma'an Governorate. Its population was approximately 41,055 in 2015. Civilizations with the name of Ma'an have existed at least since the Nabatean period—the modern city is just northwest of the ancient town. The city is an important transport hub situated on the ancient King's Highway and also on the modern Desert Highway.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Notable people from here

Bahjat Talhouni

Prime Minister of Jordan (1913-1994)

Habis al-Majali

Jordanian general (1914–2001)

Lo'ai Al-Amaireh

Jordanian footballer

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Abdallah Al-Jazi

Jordanian politician (1954–2014)

Tawfiq Kreishan

Jordanian politician

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Abdul Majeed al-Nassa

Jordanian military officer

Mashour Haditha Al-Jazy

Jordanian Lieutenant General

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Sulayman Arar

Jordanian politician

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Ahmed Al Khattab

Jordanian politician

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Huda Abdul Hadi

Palestinian activist and teacher

Tariq Aladdin

Jordanian intelligence officer and military leader; Director of the General Intelligence Directorate (1982–1989)

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

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Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.