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Jordan, officially the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, is a country in the Southern Levant region of West Asia. Jordan is bordered by Syria to the north, Iraq to the east, Saudi Arabia to the south, and Israel and the occupied Palestinian West Bank to the west. The Jordan River, flowing into the Dead Sea, is located along the country's western border. Jordan has a small coastline along the Red Sea in its southwest, separated by the Gulf of Aqaba from Egypt. Amman is Jordan's capital and largest city, as well as the most populous city in the Levant.

Modern-day Jordan has been inhabited by humans since the Paleolithic period. Three kingdoms emerged in Transjordan at the end of the Bronze Age: Ammon, Moab and Edom. In the third century BC, the Arab Nabataeans established their kingdom centered in Petra. Later rulers of the Transjordan region include the Assyrian, Babylonian, Roman, Byzantine, Rashidun, Umayyad, Abbasid, and the Ottoman empires. After the Great Arab Revolt against the Ottomans in 1916 during World War I, the Greater Syria region was partitioned by Britain and France. The Emirate of Transjordan was established in 1921 by the Hashemite, then Emir, Abdullah I, and the emirate became a British protectorate. In 1946, Jordan gained independence and became officially known as the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan. The country captured and annexed the West Bank during the 1948 Arab–Israeli War until it was occupied by Israel in 1967. Jordan renounced its claim to the territory to the Palestinians in 1988, and signed a peace treaty with Israel in 1994.

Jordan is a semi-arid country, covering an area of 89,342 km² (34,495 sq mi), with a population of 11.5 million, making it the eleventh-most populous Arab country. The dominant majority, or around 95% of the country's population, is Sunni Muslim, with the rest being mostly Arab Christian. Jordan was mostly unscathed by the violence that swept the region following the Arab Spring in 2010. From as early as 1948, Jordan has accepted refugees from multiple neighbouring countries in conflict. An estimated 2.1 million Palestinian refugees, most of whom hold Jordanian citizenship, as well as 1.4 million Syrian refugees, were residing in Jordan as of 2015. The kingdom is also a refuge for thousands of Christian Iraqis fleeing persecution. While Jordan continues to accept refugees, the large Syrian influx during the 2010s has placed substantial strain on national resources and infrastructure.

The sovereign state is a constitutional monarchy, but the king holds wide executive and legislative powers. Jordan is a founding member of the Arab League and the Organisation of Islamic Co-operation. The country has a high Human Development Index, ranking 99th, and is considered a lower middle income economy. The Jordanian economy, one of the smallest economies in the region, is attractive to foreign investors based upon a skilled workforce. The country is a major tourist destination, also attracting medical tourism due to its well developed health sector. Nonetheless, a lack of natural resources, large flow of refugees, and regional turmoil have hampered economic growth. (Full article...)

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Hussein bin Abdullah (Arabic: الحسين بن عبد الله, Al-Ḥusayn ibn ʿAbd Allāh; born 28 June 1994) is Crown Prince of Jordan as the eldest son of King Abdullah II and Queen Rania. He is a member of the Hashemite dynasty, the royal family of Jordan since 1921, and is considered to be 42nd-generation direct descendant of the Islamic prophet Muhammad.

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  Image 1Al-Karak castle (from Tourism in Jordan)
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  Image 2The critically endangered sociable lapwing (from Wildlife of Jordan)
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  Image 3Egyptian mongoose (from Wildlife of Jordan)
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  Image 4Ajloun Castle (from Tourism in Jordan)
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  Image 5The south gate in the ancient city of Jerash (from Tourism in Jordan)
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  Image 6Suleiman Mousa (1919–2008), pioneer in the modern history of Jordan and Arab Revolt. (from History of Jordan)
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  Image 7The Al-Jizah reservoir, dating back to the Pax Romana, and the Mamluk building which was refitted by the Ottoman for Sattam to govern from. (from History of Jordan)
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  Image 8A young Emir Sattam bin Fendi in 1848 (from History of Jordan)
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  Image 9Thorny burnet (Sarcopoterium spinosum) (from Wildlife of Jordan)
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  Image 10A large plate of Jordanian mezzeinPetra (from Culture of Jordan)
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  Image 11Southern Levant during Iron Age II (c. 830 BCE) (from History of Jordan)
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  Image 12Zahir Al Umar, who during his reign fought both the Bani Sakher and the Adwan (from History of Jordan)
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  Image 13First election in Transjordan's history on 2 April 1929. (from History of Jordan)
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  Image 14The Dana Biosphere Reserve in south central Jordan. (from Wildlife of Jordan)
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  Image 15The Kerak Castle, used by the Majalis for centuries (from History of Jordan)
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  Image 16Image showing the approximate land exchanged in 1965 between Jordan (gaining green) and Saudi Arabia (gaining red). (from History of Jordan)
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  Image 17Wadi Rum (from Tourism in Jordan)
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  Image 18Dead Sea (from Tourism in Jordan)
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  Image 19Amman Citadel reflects 7,000 years of Jordanian history (from History of Jordan)
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  Image 20Petra (from Culture of Jordan)
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  Image 21Prince Fendi Al-Fayez in the 1870s (from History of Jordan)
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  Image 22Qasr Amra a desert castle from the era of the Islamic Empire (from Tourism in Jordan)
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  Image 23Iron Age ramparts in Tulul adh-Dhahab, sometimes identified with the Israelite city of Mahanaim mentioned in the Hebrew Bible. (from History of Jordan)
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  Image 24Mahis in northwestern Jordan (from Wildlife of Jordan)
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  Image 25Desert vegetation in Wadi Rum, southern Jordan. (from Wildlife of Jordan)
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  Image 26Petra, the capital of the Nabatean kingdom, is where the Nabatean alphabet was developed, from which the current Arabic alphabet further evolved. (from History of Jordan)
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  Image 27The Moabite Stone, first revealed to the western world by Sattam bin Fendi (from History of Jordan)
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  Image 28Majid Sultan Al Adwan at Shunet Nimrin, Paramount Sheikh of the Adwan in the early 20th century, and the great great great great grandson of Salih ibn Adwan. (from History of Jordan)
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  Image 29Statue of an Ammonite deified king on display at the Jordan Museum. The statue was found near the Amman Citadel and is thought to date to 8th century BC. (from History of Jordan)
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  Image 30The Mesha Stele (c. 840 BCE), a royal Moabite inscription commemorating the victory of Moab over the Kingdom of Israel. (from History of Jordan)
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  Image 31This basalt stone is incised with a scene showing two animals, probably gazelles. From Dhuweila, eastern Jordan, c. 6200 BCE. British Museum (from History of Jordan)
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  Image 32Ibn Hathal, the Paramount Sheikh of the Anazzah (from History of Jordan)
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  Image 33Tourists photograph Al Khazneh (not visible) upon arriving in Petra. The Siq can be seen on the right.
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  Image 34Jerash Festival, 2018 (from Culture of Jordan)
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  Image 35Rujm Al-Malfouf, a watchtower dating to 1000 BCE found in Amman. The city was known then as Rabbah of the Ammonites, and served as the capital city of the Ammonites. (from History of Jordan)
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  Image 36Tourist police kiosk at Petra (from Tourism in Jordan)
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  Image 37Jerusalem on the Madaba Map (from Tourism in Jordan)
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  Image 38Al-Khazneh in Petra (from Tourism in Jordan)
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  Image 39King Hussein Mosque in Amman (from Tourism in Jordan)
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  Image 40Jordan 1948–1967. The East Bank is the portion east of the Jordan river, the West Bank is the part west of the river (from History of Jordan)

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Irbid (Arabic: إِربِد), known in ancient times as ArabellaorArbela (Άρβηλα in Ancient Greek), is the capital and largest city of Irbid Governorate. It has the second-largest metropolitan population in Jordan after Amman, with a population of around 2,003,800. As a city, Irbid is Jordan's third-largest, after Amman and Zarqa.

See also: List of cities in Jordan

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• Jordan has substantial oil shale reserves underneath approximately 60% of the country.
• The Baynouna Solar Power Plant, which will generate an estimated 3% of the country's power, began construction in 2017 near Amman.
• In 2015, Jordan launched an initiative to have solar panels on every mosque in the country.
• The Arab Gas Pipeline is a natural gas pipeline which runs north-south through Jordan, connecting Egypt with Syria and Lebanon.

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