`Iraq al Amir
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'Iraq al Amir is within the municipality of Amman
in the Jordan Valley
. Located about 15 km southwest of the town of Wadi Al Seer
, it has a population of about 6000 people, mostly members of the tribe of Abbadi
. It is located on the hills with high and medium altitude, the area has many springs, and is famous for its olive trees, in addition to other forest trees. About 0.5 km south of the town is located the so-called Al-Iraq historical site, which was built by a Persian prince in the 3rd century BC. There are many caves in the hills which date back to the Copper Age
.
Amman
Amman is the capital of Jordan. It is the country's political, cultural and commercial centre and one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world. The Greater Amman area has a population of 2,842,629 as of 2010. The population of Amman is expected to jump from 2.8 million to almost...
in the Jordan Valley
Jordan Valley (Middle East)
The Jordan Valley forms part of the larger Jordan Rift Valley. It is 120 kilometers long and 15 kilometers wide, where it runs from Lake Tiberias in the north to northern Dead Sea in the south. It runs for an additional 155 kilometer south of the Dead Sea to Aqaba, an area also known as Wadi...
. Located about 15 km southwest of the town of Wadi Al Seer
Wadi Al Seer
Valley of the Orchads , is a municipality approximately Northwest of the Jordanian capital's centre, on the outskirts of Ammān.-Wadi'è Sér City:...
, it has a population of about 6000 people, mostly members of the tribe of Abbadi
Abbadi
Abbadi is the name of a Bedouin tribe in Jordan. People with this surname include:* Haidar al-Abbadi, Iraqi politician who is half-Lebanese* Danny Abbadi , American mixed martial arts fighter who was born in Jordan...
. It is located on the hills with high and medium altitude, the area has many springs, and is famous for its olive trees, in addition to other forest trees. About 0.5 km south of the town is located the so-called Al-Iraq historical site, which was built by a Persian prince in the 3rd century BC. There are many caves in the hills which date back to the Copper Age
Copper Age
The Chalcolithic |stone]]") period or Copper Age, also known as the Eneolithic/Æneolithic , is a phase of the Bronze Age in which the addition of tin to copper to form bronze during smelting remained yet unknown by the metallurgists of the times...
.