JORDAN : Country in Middle East

• Capital : Amman
• Currency : Jordanian Dinar
• Official Language : Arabic
• Jordan is a country in Middle East
• There are 7 Wonders of the World. One is situated in Jordan, which is known as Petra.

• Petra is believed to have been settled as early as 9,000 BC, and it was possibly established in the 4th century BC as the capital city of the Nabataean Kingdom.
• The Nabataeans were nomadic Arabs who invested in Petra’s proximity to the trade routes by establishing it as a major regional trading hub.

LAND BOUNDARIES

Border countries:

• Iraq 179 km
• Israel 307 km
• Saudi Arabia 731 km
• Syria 379 km
• West Bank 148 km

JORDAN MAP OF KOPPEN CLIMATE CLASSIFICATION

ECONOMY OF JORDAN

• $42.371 billion (nominal, 2018 est.)
• $93.427 billion (PPP, 2018 est.)

Export goods– textiles, fertilizers, potash, phosphates, vegetables, pharmaceuticals

Main export partners–

• United States– 24.9%
• Saudi Arabia– 12.8%
• India– 8.2%
• Iraq– 8.2%
• Kuwait– 5.4%

ROYAL FAMILY OF JORDAN

Abdullah II of Jordan, King of Jordan since 1999.He belongs to the Hashemite family, who have ruled Jordan since 1921 and claim agnatic descent from Muhammad’s daughter Fatimah

QUEEN RANIA OF JORDAN

JORDAN TIMELINE

1946– The United Nations recognizes Jordan as an independent sovereign Kingdom.

1948– State of Israel created in British-mandate Palestine. Thousands of Palestinians flee Arab-Israeli fighting to West Bank and Jordan.

FIGHTING ISLAMIC STATE

2014 September– Jordan is one of four Arab states to take part, together with the US, in air strikes on Islamic State militants in Syria.

2014 November– Jordanian authorities arrest the deputy head of the country’s Muslim Brotherhood organisation, in the first arrest of a major opposition figure in Jordan for several years.

Top Sights

• Petra is an ancient historical site

• The Treasury Ancient Temple carved out of Rocked Face

• Amman Citadel is a historical site with ruins in the Amman, capital of Jordan.

• Mount Nebo iconic mountain with panoramic views

• Wadi Rum dessert also known as valley of the moon

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