Capital City |
Amman |
What time is it? |
+1hr, begins last Friday in March; ends last Friday in October |
Capital location |
31 57 N, 35 56 E |
Capital - history |
in the 13th century B.C., the Ammonites named their main city "Rabbath Ammon"; "rabbath" designated "capital," so the name meant "The Capital of [the] Ammon[ites]"; over time, the "Rabbath" came to be dropped and the city became known simply as "Ammon" and then "Amman" |
Capital - time difference |
UTC+3 (8 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time) |