Wakalat Street
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Wakalat Street sometimes spelled as Al-Wakalat Street, is a street in Amman
Amman
Amman is the capital of Jordan. It is the country's political, cultural and commercial centre and one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world. The Greater Amman area has a population of 2,842,629 as of 2010. The population of Amman is expected to jump from 2.8 million to almost...

, Jordan
Jordan
Jordan , officially the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan , Al-Mamlaka al-Urduniyya al-Hashemiyya) is a kingdom on the East Bank of the River Jordan. The country borders Saudi Arabia to the east and south-east, Iraq to the north-east, Syria to the north and the West Bank and Israel to the west, sharing...

, in the district of Sweifieh
Sweifieh
Swéfiéh is a district located in the western area of the Jordanian Capital Ammān. Even though the district is large enough to qualify for becoming a city itself, it's considered officially part of the Valley of The Orchards area.-Life:Swéfiéh is notorious for its night-life and its shopping...

. The street was rehabilitated in 2007. The project included paving the street, planting trees, and regulating commercial signs. The idea of the rehabilitation of the street was to create a place in Amman
Amman
Amman is the capital of Jordan. It is the country's political, cultural and commercial centre and one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world. The Greater Amman area has a population of 2,842,629 as of 2010. The population of Amman is expected to jump from 2.8 million to almost...

 where pedestrians would walk safely and freely away from traffic. With its completion Amman
Amman
Amman is the capital of Jordan. It is the country's political, cultural and commercial centre and one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world. The Greater Amman area has a population of 2,842,629 as of 2010. The population of Amman is expected to jump from 2.8 million to almost...

had finally gained its very first first-rate pedestrian public space. Before the completion of the project, the street used to allow parking, and cars driving through.
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