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Jordan Post Company is owned by the government of
Jordan Jordan ( ar, الأردن; tr. ' ), officially the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan,; tr. ' is a country in Western Asia. It is situated at the crossroads of Asia, Africa, and Europe, within the Levant region, on the East Bank of the Jordan Rive ...
, and runs the postal services in the kingdom. The company is responsible to the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology.


History

The first government-run postal service was established in 1921, immediately after the establishment of the Emirate of Transjordan, It was named the Postal Department and started by taking over the postal service that was run by the
Ottoman Empire The Ottoman Empire, * ; is an archaic version. The definite article forms and were synonymous * and el, Оθωμανική Αυτοκρατορία, Othōmanikē Avtokratoria, label=none * info page on book at Martin Luther University) ...
. The postal department started with eight post offices in 1921.


Services

* Financial Services: includes the Postal Saving Bank, money transfer services and bill payment services for some companies * Postal services: from regular to expedited postal services and postal box service. * SMS notification services: Postal arrival and delivery confirmation services through sms * Other services: such as collecting court-ordered payments from one party to another.


See also

*
Postage stamps and postal history of Jordan This is a survey of the postage stamps and postal history of Jordan, formerly Transjordan. Early post Jordan was part of the Turkish Empire until 1918 and a number of Turkish post offices existed in the area.''Stanley Gibbons Stamp Catalogue: ...


References


External links


Jordan Post website
{{Postal administrations of Asia Postal organizations Postal system of Jordan Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (Jordan) Philately of Jordan