Outline of Jordan

The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Jordan:

Jordan – country located in Southwest Asia, bordering Syria to the north, Iraq to the north-east, Israel and the Palestinian territories to the west, and Saudi Arabia to the east and south. It shares the coastlines of the Dead Sea with Israel and the Gulf of Aqaba with Israel, Saudi Arabia and Egypt. Jordan is a constitutional monarchy with representative government. The reigning monarch is the head of state, the chief executive and the commander-in-chief of the armed forces. The king exercises his executive authority through the prime ministers and the Council of Ministers, or cabinet. The cabinet, meanwhile, is responsible before the elected House of Deputies which, along with the House of Notables (Senate), constitutes the legislative branch of the government. The judicial branch is an independent branch of the government.

Increasing Urbanization

Jordan's population became significantly urbanized during the sixties, reaching a rate of urbanization of over 80% in 2011. This is due to Rural to urban migration, the arrival of refugees from Palestine and Syria, and displaced persons who mostly settled in camps and services of UNRWA.^[1]

General reference

Pronunciation:AL URDON
Common English country name: Jordan
Official English country name: The Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan.
Common endonym(s):
Official endonym(s):
Adjectival(s): Jordanian
Demonym(s):
Etymology: Name of Jordan
International rankings of Jordan
ISO country codes: JO, JOR, 400
ISO region codes: See ISO 3166-2:JO
Internet country code top-level domain: .jo

Geography of Jordan

Geography of Jordan

Jordan is: an Arab country
Location:
- Northern Hemisphere and Eastern Hemisphere
- Eurasia
  - Asia
    - Southwest Asia
- Middle East
  - The Levant
- Time zone: UTC+02, summer UTC+03
- Extreme points of Jordan
  - High: Jabal Umm ad Dami 1,854 m (6,083 ft)
  - Low: Dead Sea −412 m (−1,352 ft) – lowest point on the surface of the Earth
- Land boundaries: 1,635 km

Saudi Arabia 744 km

Syria 375 km

Israel 238 km

Iraq 181 km

Palestinian territories 97 km

Coastline: Gulf of Aqaba 26 km

Population of Jordan: 5,924,000 - 84th most populous country
Area of Jordan: 89,342 km²
Atlas of Jordan

Environment of Jordan

Satellite map of the Middle East with Jordan in the center.

Natural geographic features of Jordan

Regions of Jordan

Ecoregions of Jordan

List of ecoregions in Jordan

Ecoregions in Jordan

Administrative divisions of Jordan

Governorates of Jordan

Governorates of Jordan
	Governorate	Area^[2] (km²)	Population^[3]	Urban^[3]	Rural^[3]	Density^[2] (people/km²)	Capital
1	Irbid	1,572	1,137,100	943,000	194,100	723.4	Irbid
2	Ajloun	420	146,900	111,500	35,400	350.1	Ajloun
3	Jerash	410	191,700	120,100	71,600	467.8	Jerash
4	Mafraq	26,551	300,300	117,800	182,500	11.3	Mafraq
	North Region	28,953	1,776,000	1,292,400	483,600	61.3
5	Balqa	1,120	428,000	307,400	120,600	382.0	Salt
6	Amman	7,579	2,473,400	2,325,500	147,900	326.3	Amman
7	Zarqa	4,761	951,800	899,800	52,000	199.9	Zarqa
8	Madaba	940	159,700	114,000	45,700	170.0	Madaba
	Central Region	14,400	4,012,900	3,646,700	366,200	278.7
9	Karak	3,495	249,100	87,200	161,900	71.3	Al Karak
10	Tafilah	2,209	89,400	63,800	25,600	40.5	Tafilah
11	Ma'an	32,832	121,400	66,600	54,800	3.7	Ma'an
12	Aqaba	6,905	139,200	119,700	19,500	20.2	Aqaba
	South Region	45,441	599,100	337,300	261,800	13.2
	Total	88,794	6,388,000	5,276,400 (82.6%)	1,111,600 (17.4%)	71.9

Nahias of Jordan

Governorate	Nahia(s)
Ajlun Governorate	Ajlun Kufranjah
Amman Governorate	Amman Al Jizah Al-Muwaqqar Al-Quwaysimah University (Jubaiha) Naour Sahab Marka Wadi Al Seer
Aqaba Governorate	Al-Qasabah Al-Quwairah Wadi Araba
Balqa Governorate	Al Balqa Ardhah Salt Deir Alla Al Shuna Al Janubiyya
Irbid Governorate	Al-Aghwar Shamaliyyeh Ar Ramtha Bani Kanana Hariema Irbid Al Kora Al Mazar al Shamali Al Tayybeh Wastiyyeh
Jerash Governorate	Jerash
Karak Governorate	Ayy Faqqu Al Karak Al-Mazar al-Januby Al-Mazra'a Al-Qasr Al-Safi
Ma'an Governorate	Al-Husseiniya Shobak Ayi Ma'an Wadi Musa
Madaba Governorate	Dhiban Madaba
Mafraq Governorate	Mafraq Ruwaished Bal'ama Sabha Sama as-Sarhan
Tafilah Governorate	Al-Hasa Tafilah Bsaira
Zarqa Governorate	Al-Azraq Zarqa Birin