Al-Quwaysimah ( ar, القُويسِمة, al-Quwaysima; alternatively spelled Quwaysma or Qweismeh) is an area part of the Greater Amman Municipality, and also one of the districts of Amman governorate. As of 2013 it had a population of 176,400, making it the fifth largest city in Jordan. In the 2015 census it was grouped with the localities of

al-Jweideh Al-Juwayyidah ( ar, الجويدة) is a town in the Amman Governorate in northwestern Jordan Jordan ( ar, الأردن; tr. ' ), officially the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan,; tr. ' is a country in Western Asia. It is situated at the cross ...

Abu Alandah Abu Alandah is a town in the Amman Governorate in northern Jordan Jordan ( ar, الأردن; tr. ' ), officially the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan,; tr. ' is a country in Western Asia. It is situated at the crossroads of Asia, Africa, and E ...

and

al-Rajib Al-Rajib is a town in the Amman Governorate in northwestern Jordan. In classical sources, Ar Rajib is known as Reğeb (''Ragaba'').Mishnah ''Menachot'' 8:3; Babylonian Talmud (''Menachot'' 85b); Tosefta ''Menachot'' 9:5; Josephus, ''Antiquities ...

for a combined population of 296,273. In the 1915 Ottoman census it had a population of 101, all Muslims.

Climate

Al-Quwaysimah has a

mediterranean climate A Mediterranean climate (also called a dry summer temperate climate ''Cs'') is a temperate climate sub-type, generally characterized by warm, dry summers and mild, fairly wet winters; these weather conditions are typically experienced in the ...

(

Köppen climate classification The Köppen climate classification is one of the most widely used climate classification systems. It was first published by German-Russian climatologist Wladimir Köppen (1846–1940) in 1884, with several later modifications by Köppen, notabl ...

: ''Csa''). The average annual temperature is , and around of precipitation falls annually.

References

Populated places in Amman Governorate {{Jordan-geo-stub