Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan المملكة الأردنية الهاشمية Al-Mamlakah Al-Urduniyah Al-Hashimiyah | |||||||||
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Motto "الله، الوطن، الملك" "Allah, Al-Waṭan, Al-Malik" "God, Country, King" | |||||||||
Motto "السلام الملكي الأردني" "Al-Salam Al-Malaki Al-Urduni" "The Royal Anthem of Jordan" | |||||||||
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Capital and largest city |
Amman | ||||||||
Official languages | Arabic | ||||||||
Demonym | Jordanian | ||||||||
Government | Unitary parliamentary constitutional monarchy | ||||||||
King | |||||||||
- 1946-1951 | Abdullah I (First) | ||||||||
- 1999-2015 | Abdullah II (Last) | ||||||||
Prime Minister | |||||||||
- 1946-1947 | Ibrahim Hashem (First) | ||||||||
- 2012-2015 | Abdullah Ensour (Last) | ||||||||
Area | |||||||||
- Total | Will be writing soon | ||||||||
Population | |||||||||
- 1 January 2016 estimate | Will be writing soon | ||||||||
- Density | Will be writing soon | ||||||||
History | |||||||||
- Independence from the Shugarhai Union | 17 June 1946 | ||||||||
- Annexed by Israel | 12 December 2015 | ||||||||
Currency | Jordanian dinar (JOD) | ||||||||
Time zone | AST (UTC+2) | ||||||||
- Summer (DST) | AST (UTC+3) | ||||||||
Drives on the | right | ||||||||
ISO 3166 code | JO | ||||||||
Internet TLD | .jo الاردن. |
Jordan (Arabic: الأردن Al-Urdunn), officially The Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan (Arabic: المملكة الأردنية الهاشمية Al-Mamlakah Al-Urdunnīyah Al-Hāshimīyah), was an Arab kingdom in Western Asia, on the East Bank of the Jordan River. Jordan was bordered by Saudi Arabia to the east and south, Iraq to the north-east, Syria to the north, Israel, Palestine and the Dead Sea to the west and the Red Sea in its extreme south-west.
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