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Wadi Al Seer is a town approximately southwest of the Jordanian capital Amman
Amman

Amman , sometimes spelled Ammann , is the Capital city of the Hashemi






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Wadi Al Seer is a town approximately southwest of the Jordanian capital Amman
Amman

Amman , sometimes spelled Ammann , is the Capital city of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, a city of 2,525,000 inhabitants , and the administrative capital and commercial center of Jordan....
. Literally "Valley of Orchards", the town is native to the Circassians
Circassians

Circassians is a term derived from the Turkic languages Cherkess and is not the self-designation of any people. It has sometimes been applied indiscriminately to all the peoples of the North Caucasus, including the Mamluks....
 who settled the area in 1878. Near the center of town are stone Ottoman
Ottoman Empire

The Ottoman Empire , also known by its contemporaries as the Turkish Empire or Turkey , was an empire that lasted from 1299?1923. It was Treaty of Lausanne by the Republic of Turkey, which was officially proclaimed on October 29, 1923....
 buildings, left behind from the early 1900s from when the Ottoman Empire
Ottoman Empire

The Ottoman Empire , also known by its contemporaries as the Turkish Empire or Turkey , was an empire that lasted from 1299?1923. It was Treaty of Lausanne by the Republic of Turkey, which was officially proclaimed on October 29, 1923....
 controlled the area. 10 kilometers out of Wadi Al Seer are the ruins of the castle Qasr al-Abd
Qasr al Abd

Qasr al Abd is a large ruin in western Jordan dating from approximately 200BC, and standing in the valley of Wadi Seer, approximately 17 kilometres west of Amman, close to the village of Iraq al Amir....
 as well as Iraq al-Amir, a series of historic caves.