🏙 Towns & cities
Amman
capital of Jordan
🇯🇴 Jordan · 31.9310, 35.9261
Amman is recorded as a filming location for 2 productions. Wikidata records these shoots at town level — somewhere in Amman, rather than at one identified spot. Wikipedia names it for 4 more.
“Boal's contacts in the Central Intelligence Agency suggested Jordan because its capital city of Amman strongly resembled Baghdad and because the Jordanian royal family was very supportive of Western film productions.”
TV series filmed in Amman
Filmed here, per Wikipedia
Productions whose English Wikipedia article names Amman as somewhere it was shot, with no matching statement on Wikidata. Weaker evidence than the statements above, so it gets its own list — each production’s own page links the exact section the claim comes from.
- The Hurt Locker 2008
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Incendies
2010
“Some of the filming in Jordan took place in the capital of Amman.” Wikipedia
- Messiah 2020–
- Theeb 2014
Filming locations nearby
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🏛 Landmarks & buildings
Royal Automobile Museum
🇯🇴 Jordan
automobile museum in Amman, Jordan
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🏙 Towns & cities
Salt
🇯🇴 Jordan
city in Jordan
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🏛 Landmarks & buildings
King Abdullah II Special Operations Training Centre
🇯🇴 Jordan
military training center in Jordan
Frequently asked questions
What was filmed in Amman?
6 productions are recorded as filmed in Amman, including AlRawabi School for Girls (2021–), Jinn (2019–) and The Hurt Locker (2008). 4 of the credits come from Wikipedia articles rather than Wikidata statements and are labelled per Wikipedia.
Which is the best known production filmed in Amman?
AlRawabi School for Girls (2021–), covered by 10 Wikipedia language editions, which is how this atlas ranks fame.
Where is Amman?
Amman is in Jordan, at 31.9310, 35.9261.
What other filming locations are near Amman?
Royal Automobile Museum, Salt and King Abdullah II Special Operations Training Centre, all within about 40 km and listed on this page.
Where does this information come from?
Filming location statements on Wikidata, joined to the place's coordinates and Wikipedia article, plus places named in Wikipedia articles, which are labelled per Wikipedia wherever they appear. The photograph is from Wikimedia Commons, by David Bjorgen, CC BY-SA 3.0.