Maʿan

معان Maʿan
Coordinates	30 ° 11 '44 "  N , 35 ° 44' 0"  E Coordinates: 30 ° 11 '44 "  N , 35 ° 44' 0"  E
Basic data
Country	Jordan
Governorate	Maʿan
surface	7.5 km²
Residents	50,350 (2007)
density	6,713.3  Ew. / km²
founding	1898
politics
mayor	Khalid Alshummary

Maʿan ( maˈaːn , Arabic معان, DMG Maʿān ) is a city in Jordan . It is the capital of the governorate of the same name in the south of the country.

There is an ancient city of the same name in the southwest of the modern city.

It is an important transshipment point along the old trade routes that lead from Egypt via the Sinai or from the Hejaz in western Saudi Arabia to Syria and used to be the center of date palm and fruit growing. Maʿan is the station of the section of the Hejaz Railway that is still in operation .

Climate table

Maʿan
Climate diagram
J F. M. A. M. J J A. S. O N D.     7th   13 2     7th   15th 3     7th   19th 5     4th   24 10     2   29 13     0   32 16     0   34 17th     0   34 17th     0   32 15th     4th   27 12     4th   20th 7th     8th   15th 3 Temperature in ° C ,  precipitation in mm Source: wetterkontor.de

Average monthly temperatures and rainfall for Maʿan Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Max. Temperature ( ° C ) 13.4 15.4 19.0 24.2 28.7 32.4 33.9 34.1 32.3 27.2 20.3 15.1 O 24.7 Min. Temperature (° C) 1.6 2.8 5.3 9.5 13.0 15.6 17.2 17.2 15.4 11.7 6.8 3.0 O 10 Precipitation ( mm ) 7th 7th 7th 4th 2 0 0 0 0 4th 4th 8th Σ 43 Hours of sunshine ( h / d ) 7.4 8.1 8.5 9.0 10.4 12.3 12.4 11.8 10.6 9.4 8.2 7.2 O 9.6 Rainy days ( d ) 2 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 Σ 10 Humidity ( % ) 62 59 52 44 39 39 41 42 43 47 55 63 O 48.8 Source: wetterkontor.de