Education
As of 2010, there were 24 universities and community colleges in the Capital Governorate, the University of Jordan is the oldest university established in the governorate, it is also Jordan's first university, other universities are the Arab Open University which is owned and run by the Arab League and Princess Sumaya University for Technology which was named after Princess Sumaya of Jordan. Petra University was ranked 20th in the Arab World by Webometrics, Philadelphia University (Jordan) is the largest private university in the Capital Governorate.
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