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Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p Naour (Arabic: ناعور‎), also called Naur, is region number 26 in the Greater Amman Municipality. It is located at the west side of the capital, with 26 neighborhoods or residential concentrations. The land space of Naour amounts to 87 km2, i.e. 5.19% of the total landscape of Greater Amman Municipality. Its population is 50,000 and it is bordered by six regions.The down town of Naour was established by the Circassian immigrants who were expelled from their homeland Circassia (Cherkessia) in the North Caucasus in 1900. The Circassian immigration was one of the latest Circassian immigrations which started in 1864 as a result of the Russian army control over Circassia after about 150 years of war. The number of the Circassian families which established Naour was about 55 families, descending from different Circassians tribes like the Abzakh, Shapsugs, Bazadough and a few from the Kabarday. They established a big mosque in the center of the town, after building their homes and built elementary school, grain mills, water springs, roads, fields, gardens, shops, carpentry shops and blacksmith shops.Naour is a unique place in which its inhabitants are from different groups and ethnics, from different races, religions, and roots, which give it a beautiful image of harmony and happiness between the inhabitants, and these include but not limited to Bedouins like Al-Ajarmah, Circassians, villagers like Al-Thawabeieh (originally from Tafilah), Christians originally from Salt and Palestinians who came after 1948 and 1967.Some of the Naourian families moved to a bounded district called Marj Al-Hamam, which a large areas of its lands were a meadows (fields) – owned by the Naourian families – for the families and tribes from Naour, like the Circassians and Al-Ajarmah (Al-Ofeshat), however, those still consider themselvas as Naourians and participated in the elections of the charity associations, etc.Naour considered as a patriotic district that participated in many major events that occurred in Jordan, and tens of immortals whom their original were from Na'our felt in different battles and wars, also, a lot of Naourians became high rank government personnel and high rank officers, in addition a lot among them became afamous writers, laureates, etc.Issa Al-Naouri (the Naourian) is considered among one of the best writers in Jordan, Palestine, and Middle East countries.King Abdullah II has visited Naour for several times and the last royal visit took place in 2011. }

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