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Jordan, Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan is an Arab Muslim country, located in the north and the Arabian Peninsula in Southwest Asia. Bordered by Syria to the north, Iraq to the east, Saudi Arabia from the south and south-east, the Gulf of Aqaba from the south-west, Palestine and Palestine is also the West. Jordan was named to the proportion of the Jordan River.


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Site
Jordan is located in the heart of the Middle East to the north-west of Saudi Arabia, and to the south of Syria, Southwest of Iraq, and to the east of Palestine and the Palestinian National Authority (West Bank).

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Jordan has a port on the Red Sea through the city of Aqaba, which lies in the far north of the Gulf of Aqaba.

Capital: Amman
Geographical coordinates: 29-3400 North 0.35 to 39 East
Total area: 93.513 sq km
Land: 92.884 sq km



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Population

Kingdom's population numbered about 6.1 million population of Jordan, the end of 2010, including Circassian minorities, and the Chechen and Armenian, and Kurdish and Turkoman together constitute about 3% of the total population. 40% of their assets from Palestine. Part of them were expelled to Jordan after the demise of the Zionist entity in 1948 and granted Jordanian nationality after circulation to the residents of the West Bank after the establishment of the unity of the two banks in 1950 (between the two shores of the Jordan River). Can easily differentiate between citizens of Palestinian origin and Zllk different accent and predominantly rural areas, while civil or characterized by Accent Jordanian Bedouin character and where they are homogeneous ethnically, religiously, linguistically, and sometimes with the inhabitants of the country's tribal peoples. Jordan has a low rate of illiteracy, accompanied by high population growth rate. Population density is concentrated in the center and north of the country. The official religion is Islam. Has a Christian minority (8%), followed by staged most of the Orthodox Church, the rights of religious and political high. Also survive for several thousands of the Druze community in the east of Jordan. The official language is Arabic, and the Jordanian dialect is a mixture between the Sham and the Bedouin. Language English is the first foreign language, due to the British colonial period to the country at the beginning of the twentieth century.

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There is a layer of foreign labor in the country a large number compared with the population. With an estimated number of Egyptian workers, for example, several hundreds of thousands. There is also a large number of Iraqis residing in Jordan, comes to the displacement of the turbulent political situation in their country in the recent period.

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Climate and geography

Jordan is divided naturally into three areas:

Deserts of the Middle
Heights East Bank (east bank of the River Jordan)
Jordan Valley
Jordan has a combination between the Mediterranean climate and desert climate, with Mediterranean prevailing in the northern and western parts of the country, desert climate prevails in the vast majority of the country. On the whole, the country has warm, dry summers and mild, wet winters. Rates range from annual temperatures of 12-15 degrees Celsius (54-77 Fahrenheit), and up in the summertime highs in the forties (105-115 F) in the desert areas. The average rainfall of 50 mm (1.97 inches) annually in the desert to 800 mm (31.5 inches) in the northern highlands of which falls as snow on some of them sometimes. Jordan enjoys a range of geographical features of the valley of the Jordan River Basin in the west to the desert in the East, with a plateau of small hills in between. The lowest point in the world: the Dead Sea, -408 meters (-1338.6 feet) Highest Point: Jebel Rum, 1734 meters (5689 feet)


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Jordan lacks in general the sources of fresh water. Say level of the Jordan River, the longest river in the country, to low levels in recent decades because of political differences with the Zionist entity obsolescent and charge them to transfer the course of the Jordan river to the territory. Of other rivers in the country: the Zarqa River and the Yarmouk River. There are many oases in the desert of Jordan and the most important oasis of blue in the east. Jordan's short coastline is located in the south of the country on the Gulf of Aqaba, with a length of about twenty miles, making it less an Arab country in ruins on the sea. - According to the statistics of the population for the year 2005 the number of Jordan's population is five million and 700 thousand people


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Politics

Political system
System of government in the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan is a constitutional monarchy, and take into account in forming a government representing the various directions. King sits on the throne of the Kingdom, who also serves as the supreme commander of the armed forces. The king exercises his executive authority through the Prime Minister and Cabinet. The Council of Ministers is accountable to the elected Council of Representatives, which is an addition to the Senate legislative arm of government. This arm works independently.

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Executive power

The government, appointed by the King through appoint Riis ministry, who is the rest of the composition, reflecting the Jordan more countries in the region has changed for the Ministries of, according to local changes and the spurt in regional, but many governments that approach in state with the exception of the Government of partisan Jordan and one formed from the opposition, and the rest were fed elements of the opposition such as the government Mzer Badran, Ahmed Taher Al-Masri and the slaves that is more a political one line.


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Legislative authority

Means the National Assembly, both House of Representatives: team sound system with a single quota of minorities and women's quota, and the Senate Alenain of the king and which is often assumed that includes former prime minister and important positions in the country.


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Administrative division and the most important cities: -

Jordan is divided into 12 provinces are:

Capital Governorate
Irbid Governorate
Balqa Governorate
Karak Governorate
Ma'an Governorate
Zarqa Governorate
Mafraq Governorate
Tafila
Madaba Governorate
Jerash Governorate
Ajloun
Aqaba Governorate


Amman is the capital of the country's political and largest city, with a population of about two million people, to be about one third of Jordan's population. Most other cities:

Meanings (the capital of Jordan first)
Blue (about 400,000 inhabitants)
Irbid (200,000 people)
Salt (about 120,000 people)
Karak (about 80,000 inhabitants)
Aqaba (about 40,000 inhabitants)



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History

History of Jordan.

Entered it forces the Great Arab Revolt (1920 - 1921) led by Sharif Hussein bin Ali the founder of the Hijaz and the Hashemite ruling before Alojerlmkp and accompanied by the national leader Odeh Abu Tayeh In 1921, Prince Abdullah I Bin Al Hussein, the establishment of the Emirate of Transjordan, and in the wake of the Second World War on 25 May 1946 Britain recognized Jordan as an independent state while maintaining the treaty governing relations between Jordan and Britain, was named today on Independence Day. Annexed the West Bank after the occupation of Palestine in 1948 and the West Bank has remained with her until the year 1967.

Since the actual independence of Jordan in 1946, Jordan has spent most of her time under the rule of King Hussein bin Talal, the grandson of King Abdullah I and the father of current King Abdullah II bin Al Hussein. Has continued his 1953-1999 rule took over the country at the age of 17 or eighth Hishr according to the lunar Islamic calendar. Witnessed the 1951 killing of his grandfather in the Al-Aqsa Mosque.



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Culture and Customs


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Arab tradition in the region, you will find in Jordan. The habits of generosity and good treatment for the guest, and treatment between persons, and others will not find a lot of difference between Jordan and other Arab countries, mainly tribal Bedouin character of the two lower. What distinguishes Jordan is the homogeneity and the merger between culture, the culture of the country surrounding it, such as Palestine and Syria.

Of the most famous and popular foods common in Jordan mansaf, which is essential in the feast celebrations and Alotrah. It is a symbol of the assets are maintained for many Jordanians, especially those that are dealt with the meal using hand.

Source: Forums Saqr South - From: Section I. Jordan and the protectors of the homeland

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