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Jordan: The Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan

Jordan is an Arab kingdom located in Western Asia between Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Syria, Israel, Palestine, and the Dead Sea. Jordan has been inhabited for thousands of years with stable kingdoms emerging at the end of the Bronze Age. It became a British protectorate after World War I and gained independence in 1946. Jordan is now a constitutional monarchy with a population of around 9.5 million, most of whom are Sunni Muslim. It has avoided instability and terrorism and has welcomed refugees from surrounding conflicts.

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Jordan: The Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan

Jordan is an Arab kingdom located in Western Asia between Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Syria, Israel, Palestine, and the Dead Sea. Jordan has been inhabited for thousands of years with stable kingdoms emerging at the end of the Bronze Age. It became a British protectorate after World War I and gained independence in 1946. Jordan is now a constitutional monarchy with a population of around 9.5 million, most of whom are Sunni Muslim. It has avoided instability and terrorism and has welcomed refugees from surrounding conflicts.

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JordanWikipedia

Coordinates:31.24N36.51E

Jordan
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Jordan(/drdn/Arabic:AlUrdunn),officially
TheHashemiteKingdomofJordan(Arabic:
AlMamlakahAlUrdunnyahAlHshimyah),isan
ArabkingdominWesternAsia,ontheEastBankofthe
JordanRiver.JordanisborderedbySaudiArabiatotheeast
andsouth,Iraqtothenortheast,Syriatothenorth,Israel,
PalestineandtheDeadSeatothewestandtheRedSeainits
extremesouthwest.[6]Jordanisstrategicallylocatedatthe
crossroadsofAsia,AfricaandEurope.[7]Thecapital,
Amman,isJordan'smostpopulouscityaswellasthe
country'seconomic,politicalandculturalcentre.[8]
WhatisnowJordanhasbeeninhabitedbyhumanssincethe
Paleolithicperiod.Threestablekingdomsemergedthereat
theendoftheBronzeAge:Ammon,MoabandEdom.Later
rulersincludetheNabataeanKingdom,theRomanEmpire,
andtheOttomanEmpire.[9]AftertheGreatArabRevolt
againsttheOttomansin1916duringWorldWarI,the
OttomanEmpirewaspartitionedbyBritainandFrance.The
EmirateofTransjordanwasestablishedin1921bythethen
EmirAbdullahIandbecameaBritishprotectorate.In1946,
JordanbecameanindependentstateofficiallyknownasThe
HashemiteKingdomofTransjordan.Jordancapturedthe
WestBankduringthe1948ArabIsraeliWarandthename
ofthestatewaschangedtoTheHashemiteKingdomof
Jordanin1949.[10]JordanisafoundingmemberoftheArab
LeagueandtheOrganisationofIslamicCooperation,andis
oneoftwoArabstatestohavesignedapeacetreatywith
Israel.Thecountryisaconstitutionalmonarchy,buttheking
holdswideexecutiveandlegislativepowers.[11]

TheHashemiteKingdomofJordan

AlMamlakahAlUrdunnyahAlHshimyah

Flag

Coatofarms

Motto: "God,Country,King"
(Arabic)
Allah,AlWaan,AlMalik[1]
Anthem: (English:TheRoyalAnthemofJordan)

AlSalamAlMalakiAlUrdunni

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Jordanisarelativelysmallsemiaridalmostlandlocked
countrywithapopulationnumberingat9.5million.Sunni
Islam,practicedbyaround92%ofthepopulation,isthe
dominantreligioninJordan.Itcoexistswithanindigenous
Christianminority.Jordanisconsideredtobeamongthe
safestofArabcountriesintheMiddleEast,andhasavoided
longtermterrorismandinstability.[12]Inthemidstof
surroundingturmoil,ithasbeengreatlyhospitable,accepting
refugeesfromalmostallsurroundingconflictsasearlyas
1948,withmostnotablytheestimated2.1million
Palestiniansandthe1.4millionSyrianrefugeesresidingin
thecountry.[13]Thekingdomisalsoarefugetothousandsof
IraqiChristiansfleeingtheIslamicState.[14]WhileJordan
continuestoacceptrefugees,therecentlargeinfluxfrom
Syriaplacedsubstantialstrainonnationalresourcesand
infrastructure.[15]
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