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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 both Israel and Palestine (West Bank) to the west. The Jordan River, flowing into the Dead Sea, is located along the country's western border within the Jordan Rift Valley. Jordan has a small coastline along the Red Sea in its southwest, separated by the Gulf of Aqaba from Egypt. Amman is the country's capital and largest city, as well as the most populous city in the Levant. Inhabited by humans since the Paleolithic period, three kingdoms developed in Transjordan during the Iron Age: Ammon, Moab and Edom. In the third century BC, the Arab Nabataeans established their kingdom centered in Petra. The Greco-Roman period saw the establishment of several cities in Transjordan that comprised…

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FCDO travel advice for Jordan. Includes safety and security, insurance, entry requirements and legal differences.

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Jordan

Source: Wikidata.

CapitalAmman

Population9,956,011

CurrencyJOD

Languagesar-JO,en

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Cities

◎Amman1,275,857 residents ◎Zarqa792,665 residents ◎Irbid569,068 residents ◎Russeifa268,237 residents ◎Ḩayy Khildā251,000 residents ◎Khuraybat as Sūq186,158 residents ◎Wādī as Sīr181,212 residents ◎Ar Ramthā155,693 residents ◎Ṣuwayliḥ151,016 residents ◎‘Ajlūn125,557 residents ◎As Salţ107,874 residents ◎Aqaba95,048 residents ◎Rukban85,000 residents ◎Marj Al Hamam82,788 residents ◎Mādabā82,335 residents ◎Mafraq57,118 residents ◎Az̧ Z̧ulayl50,931 residents ◎Ma'an50,350 residents ◎Al Jubayhah46,834 residents ◎Saḩāb40,241 residents ◎Ḩayy al Quwaysimah32,396 residents ◎Jarash27,046 residents ◎Aţ Ţafīlah25,429 residents ◎‘Izrā22,756 residents ◎Qīr Moāv22,581 residents ◎Karak City21,678 residents ◎Judita20,000 residents ◎Al Fuḩayş18,916 residents ◎Aydūn18,376 residents ◎Umm as Summāq18,274 residents ◎Kurayyimah17,837 residents ◎Māḩiş17,754 residents ◎‘Anjarah17,634 residents ◎Safi15,200 residents ◎Al Azraq ash Shamālī14,800 residents ◎Aţ Ţurrah14,619 residents ◎Wādī Mūsá14,000 residents ◎Sūf12,942 residents ◎Aţ Ţayyibah12,615 residents ◎Sakib11,586 residents ◎Ash Shajarah11,243 residents ◎Jāwā10,628 residents ◎Şakhrah10,616 residents ◎Rehab10,000 residents ◎Ruwaished9,805 residents ◎‘Ayn Jannā9,586 residents ◎Al Karāmah9,384 residents ◎Al Mazār al Janūbī9,383 residents ◎Şammā8,926 residents ◎Kafr Asad8,203 residents ◎Bayt Yāfā7,788 residents ◎Al Quwayrah7,372 residents ◎‘Ayy7,340 residents ◎Buşayrā7,154 residents ◎Kafr Sawm7,152 residents ◎Ḩakamā7,075 residents ◎Al Qaţrānah7,070 residents ◎Sāl6,896 residents ◎Malkā6,856 residents ◎Kafr Abīl6,333 residents ◎Dayr Yūsuf6,223 residents ◎Al Ḩamrā’6,211 residents ◎Saḩam al Kaffārāt6,203 residents ◎Raymūn6,082 residents ◎Waqqāş5,678 residents ◎Al Kittah5,626 residents ◎Ḩayy al Bunayyāt5,579 residents ◎Ḩātim5,542 residents ◎Kharjā5,498 residents ◎Ḩalāwah5,376 residents ◎Şabḩā5,315 residents ◎Kitim5,292 residents ◎Al Khinzīrah5,231 residents ◎Tibnah5,229 residents ◎Balīlā5,206 residents ◎Qumaym5,111 residents ◎Şarfā4,873 residents ◎Yarqā4,786 residents ◎Burmā4,735 residents ◎Bayt Īdis4,723 residents ◎Adir4,441 residents ◎Qafqafā4,402 residents ◎Al Jīzah4,397 residents ◎Umm Qays4,294 residents ◎Ash-Shūbak4,275 residents ◎At-Taybeh4,265 residents ◎Ar Rabbah4,229 residents ◎Umm al Qiţţayn4,225 residents ◎Zaḩar4,150 residents ◎Al Qaşr3,840 residents ◎Al Jafr3,557 residents ◎Rāsūn2,586 residents ◎Tala Bay2,000 residents ◎Ash Shawbak50 residents ◎Umm ar RaşāşTravel guide ◎Umm al JimālTravel guide ◎Umm al BasātīnTravel guide ◎AdhruḩTravel guide ◎Ash Shūnah al JanūbīyahTravel guide ◎Sammā ar RawsānTravel guide

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Airports

King Hussein International AirportAqabaAQJ Marka International (Amman Civil) AirportAmmanADJ Queen Alia International AirportAmmanAMM King Hussein Air CollegeMafraqOMF