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Ma'an
Ma'an; مدينة معان
	— City —
	; Seal
	; Seal
	Nickname(s): Capital of the Great Arab Revolt
	; Ma'an Location in Jordan
	Coordinates: 30°11.6′N 35°44′E / 30.1933°N 35.733°E
Country	Jordan
Governorate	Ma'an Governorate
Municipality established	1898
	Government
- Type	Municipality
- Mayor	Khalid Alshummary
	Area
- City	2.9 sq mi (7.5 km2)
- Metro	38.6 sq mi (100 km2)
	Population (2007)
- City	50,350
Time zone	GMT +2
- Summer (DST)	+3 (UTC)
Area code(s)	+(962)3
Website	http://www.maan.gov.jo

Not to be confused with Maan.

A pre 1920 photo of the train station in Ma'an. The Hejaz Railway is still operational until today.

Ma'an (Arabic: معان‎) is a town in southern Jordan 218 km away from the capital Amman. It is the capital of Ma'an Governorate. Ma'an has a population of around 50,000.^{[citation needed]} The city had a population of 22,989 in the 1992 census and is estimated as being about 50,000 as of 2007 according to the Ma'an Municipality.[1] Civilizations with the name of Ma'an have existed since at least Nabatean times - the modern city is to the north and west of the ancient town. The city is an important transport hub situated on the ancient King's Highway and also on the modern Desert Highway. Ma'an was the site of clashes between the Jordanian army and Islamic groups in 2002 after the death of a U.S. diplomat.

[edit] Economy

A new economic zone was established to encourage new industries to operate in the Ma'an Special Economic Zone. It is already bearing fruit.

[edit] Clans and Families from Ma'an

Ma'an has two main groups of clans, Al-Hejazeen (from Hejaz in Saudi Arabia) and Al-Shameen (from Sham or modern day Syria)^[1].

[edit] Al-Hejazeen

Kreishan(Al-Krasheen)clan is the largest in number of members

- Al-Hawarieen

- Abu Helalah

- Al-Mar'ay

Al-Khatab
- - Al khawaldah
- Abu khadigah
- Abu shanab
- Al Abatah
- Al nassar
- Al Matrook
Dwene'
Abaid

- Al-Shomry
- 'Aledy
- Akleel
- Za'ary
  - Al-Sharary
  - Al-Shawish

- - Kaba'a
  - Al-Khawaldah
  - Al-Sa'aidah
  - Abu 'Audah
  - Al-Shelby
  - Al-Yaseen
  - Jarar
  - Shamut
  - Al-Taweel
  - Akhu 'Amerah
  - Al-Khury
  - Al-Kahwajy
Al-Sharfa clan, which is divided to:
- Zeen Al-'Abedeen
- Al-Khatab
- Al-Hejazy
Al-Bazai'a
Al-Bawab
Abu Rkhya
'Alian
Dwerj
Abdal Ghany
Al-Salahat clan, which is divided to:
- Al-Musa
- Al-Dauud
Al-Fanatsah clan, which is divided to:
Abu Thwabah
Al-Maghreby
Al-Sakallah
Al-Ma'any
Abu Tawelah
Abu Saleh
Ma'atuuk
Al-Khateeb
Abu Deiah

[edit] Al-Shameen

This is the biggest clan, and it is divided to:

Al-Karamsah
Al-Mahameed

the larger family in Al-Shameen... including many family in... as .. Al-Bahri family & abu karaky family. this families half of them still live in Ma'an where the other live in capital Amman & work in government sector or have their own projects.