Greater
Amman Municipality (GAM) is the
largest of the Kingdom’s
municipalities. It is governed
by a set of laws and regulations
in addition to the
Municipalities Law. Due to its
expansive area, the City has
been divided into twenty
Regions, each works on improving
and developing services provided
within its designated
administrative and geographical
boundaries.
Al Nusr,
which is an old district in the
eastern part of Amman is the
fourth such Region of GAM. It
covers 196.5 km square and now
has a population estimated at
225,000. The Region includes
five main neighborhoods: Al Nusr,
Prince Hassan, Rabwa, Alia, and
Al Manara, in addition to
Saleheyeh and Al Bayda village.
The Region
has several features of interest
such as the railway that runs
through its neighborhoods and
the old Ten Bridges as well as
Al Hussein National Park.
During the
seventies, the Region saw an
active building and commercial
drive, which demanded greater
efforts, both qualitatively and
quantitatively to improve the
environmental and health
situation in the city; from
sanitation works to cultural
events, as well as issuance of
building and vocational
licenses, health supervision,
regulating traffic, constructing
roads tunnels and bridges and
installing traffic lights.
The Region has made great
strides in providing services to
the local community, evidence
the GAM Prize that it was lately
awarded and ISO 9001/2000
certification.
