Valley of the Orchads, Ammān

Wadi Al-Seer وادي السير
District
Wadi Al-Seer location in Amman Governorate
Flag
Country	Jordan
Governorate	Amman Governorate
Area
• District	80 km2 (30 sq mi)
Elevation	900-1,000 m (2,952-3,280 ft)
Population
• Urban	152,000

Wadi Al-Seer or Wadi as-Seer (Arabic: وادي السير, meaning "Valley of the Orchards"), is the 14th district out of the 27 districts of the Amman Governorate, named after a prehistoric queen that ruled the area, Queen Seer. It consists of ten neighborhoods, some of which are residential, other commercial, or both.

Wadi Al-Seer district contains ten neighbourhoods; Al-Rawabi, Swefieh, Jandaweel, Al-Rawnaq, Al-Sahl, Al-Diyar, Bayader, Al-Sina'a, Al-Kursi and west Umm Uthaina.

Wadi as-Seer neighbourhood is a small low-income town on the outskirts of the Greater Amman Municipality. It contains some Ottoman buildings from the early 20th century. 10 kilometres outside Wadi as-Seer are the ruins of the Qasr al-Abd castle and the related caves of Iraq al-Amir. Wadi as-Seer city contains a well known historical courthouse, an old fort, an entire Ottoman-style neighbourhood standing on extremely steep hills that are enveloped by European narrow streets.

The area is on the extreme outskirts of the city and overlooks some of the mountains that the city is built on.

The name of the neighbourhood is an archaic Levantine compound noun, it roughly translates to "the Threshing Floor of the Valley of the Orchards".

Sweifieh, one of the most important cultural neighborhoods of the capital Amman, is located in the Wadi as-Seer district. The neighborhood is home to several entertainment, clubbing and shopping industries of the country.

In Sweifieh has a lot of family-oriented spots. The malls of Sweifieh are usually filled by families during the days and afternoons, whereas the same spots are occupied by a younger crowd during the night time. Sweifieh also has a high number of renowned schools, such as The English School, the British International Community School, the Modern American School, and the First Patriarch Diodoros School, a Greek Orthodox school.

Sweifieh is home to the Albaraka Mall, one of the most influential malls in the district due to its beautiful and bizarre glass architecture and its iconic cinema complex.