The Greater Salt Municipality is one of the oldest municipalities in the Kingdom. The municipality’s mission is to continue contributing to the development of the local community and raising its standard of living by creating a sound and healthy climate and providing the minimum requirements for life, taking advantage of all possibilities to achieve a better life for the citizen.
The Greater Salt Municipality Council provides basic services to the city’s residents, the most prominent of these services (waste, street maintenance and paving, street lighting, organizing and licensing construction operations, and issuing crafts and industries licenses) in addition to (38) other services.
Distinguished municipality at the level of the Kingdom in the field of service and development of the city
Integrated and developed in line with its nature and mimic its heritage.
Contribute to achieving a high level of societal well-being by providing services
A leading and distinguished municipality in all respects to the various sectors and institutions operating from
Through the application of the principles of good governance, and developmental development to create job opportunities.
Sources and references differed in determining the reason for naming the city, as it may be derived from the Latin word (Saltus) meaning forest, or from the Syriac word salt, meaning rock and hard stone, or al-Salt, meaning prominent, level and smooth, and so on. It has been mentioned in the history books that Al-Salt has orchards and springs from its castle a large eye, and that the one who built Al-Salt is Al-Balqa bin Suriya from the built Oman bin Lot, and in the year 1812 A.D. Salt was the only inhabited place in Al-Balqa district, and Al-Salt and its vicinity embrace many shrines, the most prominent of which
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The modern authorities extended in all directions around the (old) town, which was originally established on three main mountains:
The stairs, the stump, the castle, and the medicine triangle between these mountains and the main streets meet in the center of the town.
The average height of Al-Salt above sea level is between 740-1060 m, and it is about 25 km away from Amman, towards the northwest.
Its area is about 133.59 km2, at a rate of approximately 12.37% of the area of the Greater Salt Municipality.
11. As-Salt in 2017 had about 143,626 inhabitants
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