Salt is the fourth largest city of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan in terms of population, with a population of approximately 140 000 people. Away from the capital Amman, Jordan 30 kilometers away. It is the capital of the governorate of Balqa.
Salt was until the early twentieth century, the capital of the Emirate of Transjordan. Salt is a municipality, along Ajloun Municipality in north of the country, one of the oldest municipalities in Jordan. By their nature are mountainous and stacking up some homes. Of the most famous streets bathroom Street in the city center, as well as the so-called relative to the Turkish bath, Field Street, where he was doing field horse cruiser, Convent Street and is the latest extension of the Green Street Alkhaddrstreet ratio serves as vegetables Alihalsalam. .owada Shu'aib proportion to the Prophet Shoaib built where there is a shrine of the Prophet Joshua. The Romans called the name Salt or "Saltos" meaning the land of figs and grapes (Dingle). Mountainous terrain of the city of Salt, and where there is a lot of lanes or neighborhoods. This city has many relics of which serves as God's prophet Joshua Falls Aremeiman and Castle, vegetables and stump and old Salt neighborhood and Alskafah market; all these buildings are very old and the effects also contains Jaber Palace, which is currently the Alaabnyen in restored where built by the Ottomans when they were Residents in Salt. Salt Lands and contains trees on grapes, pomegranates and others. Salt is a several mountains or highlands except from the center of the country and the mountains of the trench and Bethany, stairs and others.
One of the oldest schools in the Salt Jordan High School and many of the important men of Jordan has gone out and features a great location in the city of Salt in Manshiya neighborhood. It was restored during the reign of King Hussein Bin Talal several years ago in order to preserve its beauty.
Over the Salt many rulers since its emergence was inhabited by Jews since before Christmas and also the Romans and the Turks and Greece "Ottomans"
Of clans famous Zu'bi and eagles and Alfoair and Awamleh and Hiyari and Kharabsheh and Arabiyat and Rahamenh and Kayed and Annasoh and the family of Abu Rumman residing in the village of Umm nut and Rahahalh and Abu Hammour many others ... Salt Ezz city and generosity is famous for its high mountains and near the homes of each other like area located in Salt name stump.
"The great cities based on immunity and water and Mahttab, I do not think the city of Salt, only one of these cities.
Salt alone that did not creep into her wrinkles, her face still round like the moon, and her eyes look at the world in every direction.
It's a city that Tantjna and we produce, and Tahqna and Nashgaha, it's an all-in Odzaina, and no matter how dispersed these parts, the return to the womb makes us give birth again and live again, and send again. "
What to be launched towards the north-west and 28 km from the capital, Amman, even overlooking the ancient city of its history and its culture, its people and its territory good .... It's a piece of the Hashemite Kingdom of the soil of this, these parked on the slopes of mountain ranges city colored bright spring colors Bkhaddrtha and reddish soil richly productive as a contract shimmering Boloanh attractive encircles the neck of Belle and aggravated Baha and Gamala.o accept the city. If you are in a deep valley, homes climbed trees and green hillsides that quickly loved the beholder willing to identify the secret past old-fashioned, and Advanced present as long as He sought his generations and loved hearing
Salt City within Balqa governorate along the line "30 '43 ° 35 and latitude" 30 '02 ° 32. The general climate prevailing in the province Mediterranean climate pattern and especially in terms of the date of rainfall, and temperate climate prevails in the highlands, which range in height from 950-820 meters, and Western and southwesterly winds gusting rate not exceeding 21 km / h, and vary aspects of the surface between the flat plains, hills and plateaus and moderate gradient, and the mountains and steep valleys. As Approximately 71100 breeze population density
Of 1479 inhabitants / km2 within the city area of approximately 48 km 2, which accounted for nearly 61% from the Municipality of Greater Salt space.
And Salt of the most important cities of the east bank since time immemorial, and it has been throughout hundreds of years described as a surprise and Balqa her chair. And Salt were not only agricultural capital, but were religious capital and a center for Christian bishopric during centuries fifth and sixth centuries.
GLBT now calls Salt and it was called previously and, until recently, Salt and sometimes it was called Salt. It may be derived from the Latin word meaning Saltus "Dingle", or "dense forest". Or the sense of Salta Syriac rock and stone Aalkassa.o Salt is a senior level and smooth Thus, the call may be continued their domination on around her and visibility and height.
It was reported in the history books of the Salt orchards and stems from the great citadel eye and who built the Salt Balqa is the son of Syria built Oman bin Lot and in 1812 was Salt is the only place in the county manned Balqa
Salt Three Mountains, "the stairs, and the stump, and the castle", crowded with trees and forests, where the city is formed at the confluence of three valleys problem of mountains on the miniature town center featuring basic amenities, Kalmsadjad Mosque, and the presidential palace, commercial facilities, and water eyes, and other Alemravq.o form Salt witness unparalleled Haly architectural heritage of the city was the center of administrative governor (based denominator) before Maitiem. And it moved from peasants gathered and recruited to the center of the capital stocked with the beginning of the twentieth century. And it began to serve as a model for urban prosperity before choosing Amman is the capital of the emirate and the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan later.
Salt crowded architectural masterpieces of stone, in the more than seven hundred heritage building the city up to the age of some of them more than four hundred years, and the age of some of the other ranged between one hundred and two hundred years, some of them characterized as commercial construction style where Salt is known as a trading center for traders perhaps the country Aham.o generosity in built architectural environment was a reflection of the generosity of sensory and generosity in the hearts of their children, which is characterized by the Arabs in general, soon receives her family welcome and hospitality of strangers, and you should check out Salt, she believes it.
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