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1948 Arab–Israeli War The 1948 (or First) Arab–Israeli War was the second and final stage of the 1948 Palestine war. It formally began following the end of the British Mandate for Palestine at midnight on 14 May 1948; the Israeli Declaration of Independence had ...

1949 Armistice Agreements The 1949 Armistice Agreements were signed between Israel and Egypt,1967 Arab-Israeli War The Six-Day War (, ; ar, النكسة, , or ) or June War, also known as the 1967 Arab–Israeli War or Third Arab–Israeli War, was fought between Israel and a coalition of Arab states (primarily Egypt, Syria, and Jordan) from 5 to 10 Jun ...

1973 Arab-Israeli War The Yom Kippur War, also known as the Ramadan War, the October War, the 1973 Arab–Israeli War, or the Fourth Arab–Israeli War, was an armed conflict fought from October 6 to 25, 1973 between Israel and a coalition of Arab states led by Egy ...

2011 Jordanian protests Eleven or 11 may refer to: *11 (number), the natural number following 10 and preceding 12 * one of the years 11 BC, AD 11, 1911, 2011, or any year ending in 11 Literature * ''Eleven'' (novel), a 2006 novel by British author David Llewellyn *''El ...

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* Agriculture in Jordan * Ahel Al Himmeh *

Airlines of Jordan An airline is a company that provides air transport services for traveling passengers and freight. Airlines use aircraft to supply these services and may form partnerships or alliances with other airlines for codeshare agreements, in which ...

* Airports in Jordan *

Al Hussein Public Parks Al Hussein Park is a public park in Amman, Jordan that continues to be under construction. The project attempts to create a landmark for the city by including a cultural village, sports fields, memorial building, historical passageway, decorated ga ...

* Amman Stock Exchange * Arab Legion * Arab Spring in Jordan (2011) * Arab–Israeli War (1948) * Arab–Israeli War (1967) * Arab-Israeli War (1973) * Armistice Agreements (1949) *

Art in Jordan Jordanian art has a very ancient history. Some of the earliest figurines, found at Aïn Ghazal, near Amman, have been dated to the Neolithic period. A distinct Jordanian aesthetic in art and architecture emerged as part of a broader Islamic art t ...

* ATV Jordan * Azraq, Jordan * Azraq refugee camp

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Badr Brigade in the Jordanian Army The Badr Brigade is a unit of around 1,500 Palestinian soldiers who receive their salaries from the Palestine Liberation Organization The Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO; ar, منظمة التحرير الفلسطينية, ') is a ...

* Battle of Karameh * Battles of Latrun (1948) * Birds of Jordan *

Black September in Jordan Black September ( ar, أيلول الأسود; ''Aylūl Al-Aswad''), also known as the Jordanian Civil War, was a conflict fought in the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan between the Jordanian Armed Forces (JAF), under the leadership of King Hussein ...

Blasphemy law in Jordan Islam is the state religion of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan and most Jordanians are Sunni Muslims. The kingdom prevents blasphemy against any religion by education, by laws, and by policies that discourage non-conformity. Jordan's laws The Jo ...

* Boy Scouts in Jordan

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Cabinet of Jordan The Cabinet of Jordan is led by the Prime Minister who is appointed by the King. The Prime Minister is then free to form his own cabinet which is responsible to the Chamber of Deputies on matters of general policy and can be forced to resign by a ...

Center for Strategic Studies Jordan Center or centre may refer to: Mathematics *Center (geometry), the middle of an object * Center (algebra), used in various contexts ** Center (group theory) ** Center (ring theory) * Graph center, the set of all vertices of minimum eccentricity ...

* Central Bank of Jordan *

Chamber of Deputies of Jordan The House of Representatives of Jordan is the elected lower house of the Jordanian parliament which, along with the Senate, composes the legislature of Jordan.Christianity in Jordan * Cities in Jordan * Companies of Jordan * Constitution of Jordan * Copyright law * Correction centres in Jordan *

Culture of Jordan The culture of Jordan is based on Arabic and Islamic elements. Jordan stands at the intersection of the three continents of the ancient world, lending it geographic and population diversity. Notable aspects of the culture include the traditiona ...

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Dairat al-Mukhabarat al-Ammah Jordanian General Intelligence Directorate, or GID (Arabic: ) is the intelligence agency of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan. The GID is reportedly one of the most important and professional intelligence agencies in the Middle East; the agency has ...

Demographics of Jordan Jordan has a population of around 11 million inhabitants as of 2021. Jordanians ( ar, أردنيون) are the citizens of Jordan. Some 95% percent of Jordanians are Arabs, while the remaining 5% are other ethnic minorities. Around 2.9 million wer ...

Desert Force The Desert Force (, ), also known as the Desert Patrol, was a paramilitary force of Transjordan. Its main task was to guard Jordanian borders with neighboring Iraq, Saudi Arabia and Syria as well as to provide protection for oil pipe lines of Ira ...

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Economy of Jordan The economy of Jordan is classified as an emerging market economy. Jordan's GDP per capita rose by 351% in the 1970s, declined 30% in the 1980s, and rose 36% in the 1990s. After King Abdullah II's accession to the throne in 1999, liberal econom ...

Education in Jordan The education system of the Jordan, Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan includes basic, secondary, and higher education and has dramatically evolved since the establishment of the state in the early 1900s. The role played by a good education system has b ...

Elections in Jordan Elections in Jordan are for the lower house, known as the House of Representatives, of the bicameral parliament of Jordan, as well as for local elections. They take place within a political system where the King has extensive legislative and exec ...

* Emirate of Transjordan

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* Films produced in Jordan * Foreign relations of Jordan * Freedom of religion in Jordan

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Geography of Jordan Jordan is situated geographically in Southwest Asia, south of Syria, west of Iraq, northwest of Saudi Arabia, east of State of Palestine . The area is also referred to as the Middle or Near East. The territory of Jordan now covers about . Betw ...

* Girl Guides in Jordan * Government of Jordan * Governorates of Jordan * Greek-Jordanian relations

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* Hania Mufti *

Health in Jordan Life expectancy in Jordan was 74 years in 2013. 99% of Jordan's population have access to clean water and sanitation despite it being one of the world's poorest in water resources. There were 203 physicians per 100,000 people in the years 2000–20 ...

* Higher Population Council *

Highway 65 (Jordan) Highway 65, also known as the Dead Sea Highway, is a north–south highway in Jordan. It starts in Aqaba passing through Wadi Araba, and adjacent to the Dead Sea and the Jordan Valley to the western suburbs of the city of Irbid in Jordan's nort ...

His Majesty's Special Security Jordan's Special Royal Guard Command is a part of the Jordanian Armed Forces, and is composed of two infantry combat brigades, one ceremonial bodyguard, one training center, and a Horse mounted unit. The combat Brigade‘s are divided into armored ...

History of Jordan The history of Jordan refers to the history of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan and the background period of the Emirate of Transjordan under British protectorate as well as the general history of the region of Transjordan. There is evidence of hu ...

* HIV/AIDS in Jordan * Hospitals in Jordan * Human rights in Jordan *

Human trafficking in Jordan Jordan is a source, destination, and transit country for adults and children subjected to forced labor and, to a lesser extent, sex trafficking. Women from Southeast Asia and East Africa voluntarily migrate to Jordan for employment among the esti ...

* Husainyyat

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International rankings of Jordan International is an adjective (also used as a noun) meaning "between nations". International may also refer to: Music Albums * ''International'' (Kevin Michael album), 2011 * ''International'' (New Order album), 2002 * ''International'' (The T ...

Irbid Irbid ( ar, إِربِد), known in ancient times as Arabella or Arbela (Άρβηλα in Ancient Greek language, Ancient Greek), is the capital and largest city of the Irbid Governorate. It also has the second largest metropolitan population in ...

Islam in Jordan The Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan is a majority Muslim country with 98% of the population following Sunni Islam while a small minority follow Shiite branches. There are also about 20,000 to 32,000 Druze living mostly in the north of Jordan, even th ...

* Israel–Jordan peace treaty

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Jadara University Jadara University (Arabic: جامعة جدارا) is a university located in the northern province of Irbid Governorate in Jordan, on the international highway to the north of the city of Irbid, the governorate's capital. History Jadara Univers ...

* Jerash Local Government * Jordan * Jordan at the Olympics *

Jordan Atomic Energy Commission Jordan Atomic Energy Commission (JAEC) (Arabic هيئة الطاقة الذرية الأردنية) was established in place of the Jordan Nuclear Energy Commission. The main objective of the JAEC is to promote and develop peaceful utilization of ...

Jordan Investment Board Jordan Investment Commission (JIC), previously Jordan Investment Board, is the national investment promotion agency of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan. History The Jordan Investment Board was founded in 2014, the year the Investment Promotion Law ...

Jordan News Agency The Jordan News Agency (In Arabic: وكالة الأنباء الأردنية) (Shortly Petra) is the news agency of Jordan. History Petra was established on 16th of July, 1969, as an independent body linked to the ministry of information. It ...

* Jordanian annexation of the West Bank * Jordan University of Science and Technology *

Jordan Radioactive Storage Facility The Jordan Radioactive Storage Facility is a proposed national storage facility in Amman for Jordan's radioactive waste and nuclear materials. The agreement between Jordan Atomic Energy Commission (JAEC) and the US Department of Energy's (DoE's ...

Jordan–Syria relations Relations between neighbours Jordan and Syria have ancient roots as both countries are historically parts of the Levant or Greater Syria. The two states were created after the First World War from former Ottoman dominions by way of a secret b ...

* Jordan – United States Free Trade Agreement * Jordanian Armed Forces *

Jordanian Association for Boy Scouts and Girl Guides The Jordanian Association for Boy Scouts and Girl Guides ( ar, جمعية الكشاف والمرشدات الأردنية) is the national Scouting and Guiding organization of Jordan. Scouting was founded in Jordan in 1954 and became a member o ...

* Jordanian copyright law *

Jordanian dinar The Jordanian dinar ( ar, دينار أردني; ISO 4217, code: JOD; unofficially abbreviated as JD) has been the currency of Jordan since 1950. The dinar is divided into 10 dirhams, 100 qirsh (also called piastres) or 1000 fils (currency), fulu ...

* Jordanian military ranks * Jordanian passport * Jordanian protests (2011) * Jordanians * JRTV

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King Abdullah Design and Development Bureau The Jordan Design and Development Bureau (JODDB) is a Jordanian defence company. that was established by Royal Decree on 24 August 1999 to provide an indigenous capability for the supply of scientific and technical services to the Jordanian Armed ...

* Kings of Jordan

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Law enforcement in Jordan Law enforcement in Jordan is the purview of the "Public Security Force" (includes approximately 50,000 persons), the Jordanian national police, which is subordinate to the Public Security Directorate of the Ministry of Interior. History Th ...

* LGBT rights in Jordan (Gay rights) * Line of succession to the Jordanian throne *

List of airlines of Jordan This is a list of airlines currently operating in Jordan. Scheduled airlines Charter airlines Cargo airlines See also

* List of airlines * List of defunct airlines of Jordan * List of defunct airlines of Asia {{Asia topic, List of air ...

List of airports in Jordan This is a list of airports in Jordan, sorted by location. __TOC__ List ICAO codes link to the Aeronautical Information Publication (AIP) from Jordan'Civil Aviation Regulatory Commission See also * Transport in Jordan * List of airport ...

* List of birds of Jordan * List of cities in Jordan * List of companies of Jordan * List of hospitals in Jordan *

List of Jordanian films This is an alphabetised list of Films produced in Jordan. References {{Filmsbycountry * Jordan Jordan ( ar, الأردن; tr. ' ), officially the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan,; tr. ' is a country in Western Asia. It is situated at ...

List of Jordanians The following is a list of notable people from Jordan: Politicians *Ahmad Obeidat, former Prime Minister of Jordan * Mithqal Al-Fayez *Bisher Al-Khasawneh, current Prime Minister of Jordan * Akef Al-Fayez, former Deputy Prime Minister and other m ...

* List of kings of Jordan *

List of mammals of Jordan There are 70 mammal species recorded in Jordan, of which two are endangered, ten are vulnerable, and three are near threatened. The following tags are used to highlight each species' conservation status as assessed by the International Union for ...

* List of nature reserves in Jordan *

List of newspapers in Jordan This is a list of newspapers in Jordan. Daily newspapers *'' Al Ra'ai'', national *'' Ad-Dustour'', national *''Al Ghad'', national *''Ammon News'', online newspaper *''Jordan Times'', English; national *'' Jordan News'', English; national * '' ...

* List of people from Irbid * List of political parties in Jordan * List of prime ministers of Jordan * List of Syrian refugee camps in Jordan

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* Ma'an * Mammals of Jordan *

Medical education in Jordan A medical school is a tertiary educational institution, or part of such an institution, that teaches medicine, and awards a professional degree for physicians. Such medical degrees include the Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS, M ...

Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research (Jordan) The Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research (Arabic: وزارة التعليم العالي والبحث العلمي) is the government ministry that is responsible for maintaining and implementing government policies in higher educ ...

* Mount Nebo (Jordan) * Mrajeeb Al Fhood refugee camp

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Nader al-Dahabi Nader Dahabi ( ar, نادر الذهبي; born 7 October 1946 in Amman, Jordan) is a Jordanian politician who was the 37th Prime Minister of Jordan from 25 November 2007 to 14 December 2009. He took office following the resignation of Marouf ...

Nahias of Jordan The district "Liwaa" ( ar, لواء, plural ''Alwiya ألوية'') are the administrative centres ("chief towns") in Jordan. The twelve governorates of Jordan contain fifty-two ''alwiya'' which are listed below by governorate. In many cases the ...

* Nature reserves in Jordan *

Newspapers in Jordan This is a list of newspapers in Jordan. Daily newspapers *'' Al Ra'ai'', national *'' Ad-Dustour'', national *''Al Ghad'', national *''Ammon News'', online newspaper *''Jordan Times'', English; national *'' Jordan News'', English; national * '' ...

Nuclear energy in Jordan In December 2016, the Jordan Atomic Energy Commission (JAEC), in cooperation with a consortium headed by the Korean Atomic Energy Research Institute, inaugurated the 5 MW Jordan Research and Training Reactor. The facility is the first nuclear ...

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Oil shale in Jordan Oil shale in Jordan represents a significant resource. Oil shale deposits in Jordan underlie more than 60% of Jordanian territory. The total resources amounts to 31 billion tonnes of oil shale. The deposits include a high quality marinite oil s ...

* Order of the Star of Jordan *

Outline of Jordan The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Jordan: Jordan – country located in Southwest Asia, bordering Syria to the north, Iraq to the north-east, Israel and the Palestinian territories to the west, and Sau ...

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Palestinians in Jordan Palestinians in Jordan refers mainly to those with Palestinian refugee status currently residing there. Sometimes the definition includes Jordanian citizens with full Palestinian origin. Most Palestinian ancestors came to Jordan as Palestinian ...

* Parliament of Jordan * People from Jordan *

Petra Petra ( ar, ٱلْبَتْرَاء, Al-Batrāʾ; grc, Πέτρα, "Rock", Nabataean Aramaic, Nabataean: ), originally known to its inhabitants as Raqmu or Raqēmō, is an historic and archaeological city in southern Jordan. It is adjacent to t ...

Petra University University of Petra is a private university in Amman, Jordan. The University offers the Bachelor and Master Program and has more than 33 nationalities from Arab and foreign countries. The University is located on the airport road and features a ...

Political parties in Jordan This article lists political parties in Jordan. Jordan has 34 different political parties, but apart from the oppositional Islamic Action Front and neutral Jordanian National Youth Party, none of them play a real role because of lack of organi ...

Politics of Jordan The politics of Jordan takes place in a framework of a parliamentary monarchy, whereby the Prime Minister of Jordan is head of government, and of a multi-party system. Jordan is a constitutional monarchy based on the constitution promulgated on J ...

* Portal:Jordan *

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: ...

* Prince Faisal bin Al Hussein * Prime Ministers of Jordan *

Public holidays in Jordan Public holidays in Jordan. Note: Holidays in Jordan are often flexible. It is common for the government to change the day which a holiday is supposed to be celebrated on to another day — usually to prolong weekend. References {{Asia topic, ...

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Roman Catholicism in Jordan The Catholic Church in Jordan is part of the worldwide Catholic Church, under the spiritual leadership of the Pope in Rome. There are approximately 114,000 Catholics in Jordan or 1.9% of the Jordanian population. Catholics are divided in four Rit ...

Royal Jordanian Air Force The Royal Jordanian Air Force (RJAF; ar, سلاح الجو الملكي الأردني, Silāḥ ul-Jawu al-Malakī 'al-Urdunī) is the aerial warfare branch of the Jordanian Armed Forces. History Early days Jordan gained independence in 19 ...

Royal Jordanian Falcons The Royal Jordanian Falcons (صقور الأردن الملكية) is the national aerobatic demonstration team of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan. The team was formed on the orders of King Hussein of Jordan in 1976. It was initially led by Ameri ...

Royal Jordanian Land Force The Royal Jordanian Army (Arabic: القوّات البرية الاردنيّة; ) is the ground force branch of the Jordanian Armed Forces (JAF). It draws its origins from units such as the Arab Legion, formed in the British Mandate of Transj ...

Royal Naval Force The Royal Jordanian Navy is naval warfare branch of the Armed Forces of the Kingdom of Jordan. As Jordan is landlocked except at its southern extremity, with only of shoreline along the Gulf of Aqaba providing access to the Red Sea, its Naval Fo ...

* Royal Scientific Society * Royal Special Forces * Rukban

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Science and technology in Jordan Science and technology is Jordan's fastest-growing economic sector. This growth is occurring across multiple industries, including information and communications technology (ICT), solar and wind energy and nuclear technology. Science policy fr ...

* Sakib *

Salt, Jordan Al-Salt ( ar, السلط ''As-Salt'') is an ancient salt trading city and administrative centre in west-central Jordan. It is on the old main highway leading from Amman to Jerusalem. Situated in the Balqa highland, about 790–1,100 metres ...

* Samir Rifai * Senate of Jordan * Shatna * Six-Day War (1967 Arab-Israeli War) * Sport in Jordan * Syrians in Jordan

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Talal of Jordan Talal bin Abdullah ( ar, طلال بن عبد الله, ; 26 February 1909 – 7 July 1972) was King of Jordan from the assassination of his father, King Abdullah I, on 20 July 1951 until his forced abdication on 11 August 1952. As a member of t ...

Telecommunications in Jordan Jordan has a highly developed communications infrastructure. Jordan's telecom infrastructure is growing at a very rapid pace and continually being updated and expanded. Communications in Jordan occur across many media, including telephone, radio, ...

Telephone numbers in Jordan Number format Fixed Land line +962 6 555 5555 +962 Jordan 6 city Amman ..# . Mobile phones +962 79 999 9999 +962 Jordan 7X operator ID Local area codes * 2 Northern Area ( Irbid, Ajloun, Jerash, Mafraq) * 3 Southern Area (Tafilah, ...

* Tourism in Jordan * Transjordan (region) *

Transjordan Frontier Force The Trans-Jordan Frontier Force was formed on 1 April 1926, to replace the disbanded British Gendarmerie. It was a creation of the British High Commissioner for Palestine whose intention was that the Force should defend Trans-Jordan's northe ...

Transport in Jordan With the exception of a railway system, Jordan has a developed public and private transportation system. There are three international airports in Jordan. The Hedjaz Jordan Railway runs one passenger train a day each way. Roadways In 2009, ...

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Universities in Jordan The education system of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan includes basic, secondary, and higher education and has dramatically evolved since the establishment of the state in the early 1900s. The role played by a good education system has been sign ...

* Umm Qais * Umm Zuwaytinah * University of Jordan

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* Vehicle registration plates of Jordan

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Water politics in the Jordan River basin Water politics in the Jordan River basin refers to political issues of water within the Jordan River drainage basin, including competing claims and water usage, and issues of riparian rights of surface water along transnational rivers, as well ...

Water supply and sanitation in Jordan Water supply and sanitation in Jordan is characterized by severe water scarcity, which has been exacerbated by forced immigration as a result of the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, the Six-Day War in 1967, the Gulf War of 1990, the Iraq War of 2003 and ...

* Women in Jordan

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* Yom Kippur War (1973 Arab-Israeli War)

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* Zaatari refugee camp * Zarqa * Zarqa Governorate *

Zarqa Private University Zarqa University (Arabic: جامعة الزرقاء) is a university in the city of Zarqa, in Jordan's Zarqa Governorate. It was established in 1994, about 6 km to the east of the city center. At the university's first academic semester, th ...