Jordan

Jordan is an Arab kingdom in the , at the crossroads of Asia, Africa and Europe. It has been repeatedly called an "oasis of stability" in the Middle East.
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Essential Destinations

Top destinations: Amman and Petra.

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is the capital and largest city of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan with a population of about 4 million as of 2020. forms a great base for exploring the country and does, despite popular belief, hold a few items of interest to the traveler.

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, the fabled "rose red city, half as old as time", is a well known ancient Nabataean city in the south of Jordan. Due to its breathtaking grandeur and fabulous ruins, was recognised as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1985.

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is Jordan's only port city. It is on the Gulf of in the extreme south of the country, adjacent to Eilat in Israel.

Destinations to Discover

Places to explore: Northern Jordan and Southern Desert.

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is the most developed region of Jordan. It includes the capital .

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The is a region of Jordan.

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King's Highway is a region in Jordan. The name comes from the ancient trade route that ran right through it.

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The is a region of Jordan, mostly visited for the Desert Castles scattered over the territory.

Jordan

  • Type: Country with 6,340,000 residents
  • Description: country in West Asia
  • Also known as: “Al Mamlakah al Urdunīyah al Hāshimīyah”, “Al Urdun”, “Det hasjimittiske kongerike Jordan”, “Det hasjimittiske kongeriket Jordan”, “Ghjordania”, “Hashemite Jordan Kingdom”, “Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan”, “Hashemite Kinrick o Jordan”, “Hashimite Kingdom of Jordan”, “Hashimitiska kungadömet Jordanien”, “Hashimitiska kungariket Jordanien”, “Hasjemitisch Koninkrijk Jordanië”, “HKJ”, “Iorddonen”, “ISO 3166-1:JO”, “JO”, “JOR”, “Jord.”, “Jordaania Hašimiidi Kuningriik”, “Jordan - الأردن”, “Jordán Hásimita Királyság”, “Jordania hašemihtalaš gonagasriika”, “Jordánia hašemihtalaš gonagasriika”, “Jordania hašemiitlâš kunâgâskodde”, “Jordania hašemiittlaž koonǥõskåʹdd”, “Jordania hašimlaš gonagasriika”, “Jordánia hašimlaš gonagasriika”, “Jordanian hašemiittinen kuningaskunta”, “Jordanian Hashimite Kingdom”, “Jordánna”, “Jordánské hášimovské království”, “Jordánske hášimovské kráľovstvo”, “Jorodang”, “Jouordanîn”, “Jourdain”, “Kerajaan Hasyimiyah Yordania”, “Kingdom of Jordan”, “Reeriaght Hashemeetagh y Jordaan”, “Reeriaght y Jordaan”, “Reĝlando Jordanio”, “Regne Haiximita de Jordània”, “Regnu Hascemita de Giordània”, “Reiaume Hachemita de Jordania”, “Reiaume Hachemita de Jordània”, “Reino Hachemita de Jordania”, “Renju Ħaxemita tal-Ġordan”, “Royaume hachémite de Jordanie”, “Sharq el Urdun”, “Sharq el Urdunn”, “State of Jordan”, “Trans-Jordan”, “Transjordania”, “Yarden”, “Yoredaniya”, “Иорданское Хашимитское Королевство”, “Өрҙөн Һәшими Мәмләкәте”, “Хашемитска Краљевина Јордан”, “Անդրհորդանան”, “הממלכה הירדנית ההאשמית”, “المملكة الأردنية الهاشمية”, “المملكة الأردنيّة الهاشميّة”, “المملكه الاردنيه الهاشميه”, “جارڈن”, “مملکت اردن”, “ߖ߭ߐߙߑߘߊߣ”, “ߗ߭ߐߙߑߘߊߣߌ߫ ߡߊ߲߬ߛߊ߬ߟߊ”, “जोर्डनके हाशेमी राज्य”, “ᨍᨚᨑᨚᨉ”, and “ヨルダン・ハシェミット王国”
  • Languages: Arabic and English
  • Neighbors: , , , , , and
  • Categories: sovereign state, constitutional monarchy, and locality
  • Location: ,
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Latitude of center
31.15° or 31° 9′ north
Longitude of center
36.64° or 36° 38′ 24″ east
Population
6,340,000
Area
92,300 km² (35,637 miles²)
Elevation
860 metres (2,822 feet)
Capital
Currency
Dinar (JOD)
Phone code
962
Internet domain
.jo
Open­Street­Map ID
node 424316216
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­country
Geo­Names ID
248816
Wiki­data ID
Q810
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In Other Languages

From Abkhazian to Zulu—“Jordan” goes by many names.
  • Abkhazian: “Иорданиа”
  • Achinese: “Urdun”
  • Achinese: “Yordania”
  • Adyghe: “Иордание”
  • Afrikaans: “Jordanië”
  • Akan: “Gyɔdan”
  • Albanian: “Jordani”
  • Albanian: “Jordania”
  • Amharic: “ዮርዳኖስ”
  • Amharic: “ጆርዳን”
  • Amis: “Jordan”
  • Angika: “जॉर्डन”
  • Arabic: “الأردن”
  • Arabic: “الاردن”
  • Arabic: “المملكة الاردنية الهاشمية”
  • Aragonese: “Chordania”
  • Armenian: “Հորդանան”
  • Arpitan: “J·ordanie”
  • Arpitan: “Jordania”
  • Assamese: “জৰ্ডান”
  • Asturian: “Xordania”
  • Atayal: “Jordan”
  • Avaric: “Урдун”
  • Awadhi: “जोर्डन”
  • Azerbaijani: “İordaniya”
  • Balinese: “Yordania”
  • Bambara: “Ordon”
  • Bambara: “Zɔrdani”
  • Banjar: “Yordania”
  • Bashkir: “Өрҙөн”
  • Basque: “Jordania”
  • Bavarian: “Jordanien”
  • Belarusian: “Іарданія”
  • Belarusian: “Ярданія”
  • Bengali: “জর্ডন”
  • Bengali: “জর্ডান”
  • Bengali: “জর্দান”
  • Betawi: “Urdun”
  • Bhojpuri: “जॉर्डन”
  • Bishnupriya: “জর্ডান”
  • Bislama: “Jordan”
  • Bosnian: “Jordan”
  • Breton: “Jordania”
  • Buginese: “ᨐᨚᨑᨉᨊᨗᨕ”
  • Buginese: “ᨐᨚᨑᨛᨉᨊᨗᨐ”
  • Bulgarian: “Йордания”
  • Burmese: “ဂျော်ဒန်”
  • Burmese: “ဂျော်ဒန်နိုင်ငံ”
  • Catalan: “Jordània”
  • Cebuano: “Hordanya”
  • Central Bikol: “Yordanya”
  • Central Kurdish: “ئوردن”
  • Chavacano: “Jordania”
  • Chechen: “Урдан”
  • Chinese: “Yuēdàn”
  • Chinese: “約旦”
  • Chinese: “约旦 / 約旦”
  • Chinese: “约旦”
  • Chuvash: “Иордани”
  • Cornish: “Jordan”
  • Corsican: “Ghjurdania”
  • Crimean Tatar: “Urdun”
  • Croatian: “Jordan”
  • Czech: “Jordánsko”
  • Dagbani: “Jordan”
  • Danish: “Jordan”
  • Dhivehi: “އުރުދުން”
  • Dimli (individual language): “Urdun”
  • Dotyali: “जोर्डन”
  • Dutch: “Jordanië”
  • Dzongkha: “ཇོར་ཌན།”
  • Dzongkha: “ཇོར་ཌན”
  • Eastern Mari: “Иорданий”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “الاردن”
  • Esperanto: “Jordanio”
  • Estonian: “Jordaania”
  • Estonian: “Jordan”
  • Ewe: “Yordan nutome”
  • Extremaduran: “Jordania”
  • Faroese: “Jordan”
  • Fiji Hindi: “Jordan”
  • Finnish: “Jordania”
  • French: “Jordanie”
  • Fulah: “Jordani”
  • Fulah: “Leydi Jordan”
  • Fulah: “Urduun”
  • Gagauz: “İordaniya”
  • Galician: “Xordania”
  • Ganda: “Yorodani”
  • Georgian: “იორდანია”
  • German: “Jordanien”
  • Ghanaian Pidgin English: “Jordan”
  • Gilaki: “اؤردؤن”
  • Goan Konkani: “Jordan”
  • Goan Konkani: “जॉर्डन”
  • Gorontalo: “Yordania”
  • Greek: “Ιορδανία”
  • Guarani: “Horytaña”
  • Guarani: “Horytáña”
  • Guianese Creole French: “Jordani”
  • Gujarati: “જૉર્ડન”
  • Gujarati: “જોર્ડન”
  • Haitian: “Jòdani”
  • Hakka Chinese: “Yok-tan”
  • Hausa: “Jodan”
  • Hausa: “Jordan”
  • Hawaiian: “Ioredāne”
  • Hebrew: “ירדן”
  • Hiligaynon: “Hordanya”
  • Hindi: “जार्डन”
  • Hindi: “जॉर्डन”
  • Hindi: “जोर्डन”
  • Hindi: “यार्दन”
  • Hungarian: “Jordánia”
  • Iban: “Jordan”
  • Icelandic: “Jórdanía”
  • Ido: “Jordania”
  • Igbo: “Jọdan”
  • Igbo: “Jordan”
  • Iloko: “Hordania”
  • Inari Sami: “Jordania”
  • Indonesian: “Yordania”
  • Interlingua: “Jordania”
  • Interlingue: “Jordania”
  • Irish: “an Iordáin”
  • Irish: “An Iordáin”
  • Italian: “Giordania”
  • Jamaican Creole English: “Jaadn”
  • Japanese: “ヨルダン・ハシミテ王国”
  • Japanese: “ヨルダン”
  • Javanese: “Yordania”
  • Jèrriais: “Jourdanîn”
  • Kabardian: “Йордан”
  • Kabiyè: “Zɔɔrdaanii”
  • Kabyle: “Urdun”
  • Kadazan Dusun: “Jordan”
  • Kalaallisut: “Jordan”
  • Kalaallisut: “Jordani”
  • Kalmyk: “Хашимит Җордин Нутг”
  • Kannada: “ಜೋರ್ಡಾನ್”
  • Kara-Kalpak: “Iordaniya”
  • Karachay-Balkar: “Иордания”
  • Karachay-Balkar: “Урдун”
  • Kashmiri: “جورڈن”
  • Kashubian: “Jordaniô”
  • Kazakh: “Иордания”
  • Kazakh: “Үрдін”
  • Khmer: “ហ្សកដង់”
  • Khmer: “ហ្សកដានី”
  • Khmer: “ហ៊្សកដានី”
  • Kikuyu: “Jordan”
  • Kikuyu: “Njorondani”
  • Kinyarwanda: “Yorudani”
  • Kirghiz: “Иордания”
  • Kirghiz: “Үрдүн”
  • Kölsch: “Jordahnije”
  • Komering: “Yordania”
  • Komi: “Иордания”
  • Kongo: “Jordan”
  • Korean: “요르단”
  • Kurdish: “Urdun”
  • Kurdish: “ئوردن”
  • Ladin: “Iordania”
  • Ladino: “Djordania”
  • Lao: “ຈໍແດນ”
  • Lao: “ປະເທດຊອກດານີ”
  • Latin: “Iordania”
  • Latvian: “Jordānija”
  • Lezghian: “Иордания”
  • Ligurian: “Giordannia”
  • Limburgan: “Jordanië”
  • Lingala: “Zordaní”
  • Lingala: “Zɔdani”
  • Lingua Franca Nova: “Urdun”
  • Literary Chinese: “約旦”
  • Lithuanian: “Jordanija”
  • Livvi: “Jordanii”
  • Lojban: “jorgu’e”
  • Lombard: “Giurdania”
  • Low German: “Jordanien”
  • Lower Sorbian: “Jordaniska”
  • Luba-Katanga: “Jodani”
  • Lule Sami: “Jordádna”
  • Luxembourgish: “Jordanien”
  • Macedonian: “Јордан”
  • Madurese: “Yordania”
  • Magahi: “जोर्डन”
  • Maithili: “जोर्डन”
  • Malagasy: “Jordania”
  • Malagasy: “Jôrdania”
  • Malay: “Jordan”
  • Malayalam: “ജോർദാൻ”
  • Malayalam: “ജോർദ്ദാൻ”
  • Maltese: “Ġordan”
  • Maltese: “il-Ġordan”
  • Manipuri: “ꯖꯣꯔꯗꯟ”
  • Manx: “y Jordaan”
  • Manx: “Yn Jordaan”
  • Maori: “Hōrano”
  • Marathi: “जॉर्डन”
  • Mazanderani: “اوردون”
  • Min Dong Chinese: “Iók-dáng”
  • Min Dong Chinese: “Jordan”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Iok-tàn”
  • Minangkabau: “Yordania”
  • Mingrelian: “იორდანია”
  • Mirandese: “Jordánia”
  • Moksha: “Иордания”
  • Mongolian: “Йордан”
  • Moroccan Arabic: “لأردن”
  • Moroccan Arabic: “لؤردون”
  • N'Ko: “ߗ߭ߐߙߑߘߊߣߌ߫”
  • Nauru: “Djordan”
  • Navajo: “Jóoʼdan”
  • Navajo: “Náálíníbąąh Ásáí Dineʼé Bikéyah”
  • Neapolitan: “Giordania”
  • Neapolitan: “Giurdania”
  • Nepali: “जोर्डन”
  • Newari: “जोर्डन”
  • Newari: “जोर्दन”
  • North Ndebele: “Jodani”
  • Northern Frisian: “Jordaanien”
  • Northern Luri: “اردن”
  • Northern Sami: “Jordania”
  • Northern Sami: “Jordánia”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Jordan”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Jordan”
  • Norwegian: “Jordan”
  • Novial: “Jordan”
  • Nupe-Nupe-Tako: “Jordan”
  • Obolo: “Jodan”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Jordania”
  • Official Aramaic (700-300 BCE): “ܘܪܕܢ”
  • Official Aramaic (700-300 BCE): “ܝܘܪܕܢܢ”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Hascemisc Cynerīce þæs Iordanes”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Hascemisce Cynerīce þæs Iordanes”
  • Oriya: “ଜୋର୍ଡାନ”
  • Oriya: “ଜୋର୍ଡାନ୍”
  • Oromo: “Joordaan”
  • Ossetian: “Иордани”
  • Pali: “जार्डन”
  • Pampanga: “Hordanya”
  • Panjabi: “ਜਾਰਡਨ”
  • Papiamento: “Hordania”
  • Papiamento: “Jordan”
  • Persian: “اردن”
  • Persian: “جردن”
  • Picard: “Jordanie”
  • Piemontese: “Giordania”
  • Pitcairn-Norfolk: “Jordan”
  • Polish: “Jordania”
  • Portuguese: “Jordânia”
  • Pushto: “اردن”
  • Quechua: “Hurdanya”
  • Quechua: “Hurthaña”
  • Quechua: “Jordania”
  • Rakhine: “ဟာရှီမိုက် ဂျော်ဒန် ဘုရင့်နိုင်ငံ”
  • Romanian: “Iordania”
  • Romansh: “Jordania”
  • Rundi: “Yorudaniya”
  • Russia Buriat: “Иордани”
  • Russia Buriat: “Йордан”
  • Russian: “Иордания”
  • Rusyn: “Йорданьско”
  • Sakizaya: “Jordan”
  • Samogitian: “Juordanėjė”
  • Sango: “Zordanïi”
  • Sanskrit: “जार्डन”
  • Santali: “ᱡᱚᱨᱰᱟᱱ”
  • Saraiki: “اردن”
  • Sardinian: “Giordània”
  • Saterfriesisch: “Jordanien”
  • Scots: “Jordan”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Iòrdan”
  • Serbian: “Jordan”
  • Serbian: “Јордан”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Jordan”
  • Shan: “မိူင်းၵျေႃႇတၼ်ႇ”
  • Shona: “Jordan”
  • Shona: “Jorodhani”
  • Sicilian: “Giurdania”
  • Silesian: “Jordańijo”
  • Sindhi: “اردن”
  • Sinhala: “ජෝර්දානය”
  • Skolt Sami: “Jordania”
  • Slovak: “Jordánsko”
  • Slovenian: “Jordan”
  • Slovenian: “Jordanija”
  • Somali: “Urdun”
  • South Azerbaijani: “اردن”
  • South Azerbaijani: “اوردون”
  • Spanish: “Jordania”
  • Sranan Tongo: “Jordanikondre”
  • Standard Moroccan Tamazight: “ⵓⵔⴹⵓⵏ”
  • Sundanese: “Yordania”
  • Swahili: “Jordan”
  • Swahili: “Yordani”
  • Swati: “IJoridane”
  • Swedish: “Jordanien”
  • Swiss German: “Jordanie”
  • Swiss German: “Jordanien”
  • Sylheti: “ꠎꠞ꠆ꠖꠣꠘ”
  • Tachelhit: “Lurdun”
  • Tagalog: “Hordan”
  • Tagalog: “Jordan”
  • Tajik: “Иордания”
  • Tajik: “Урдун”
  • Talysh: “Iordanijə”
  • Tamil: “யோர்தான்”
  • Tamil: “ஜோர்டான்”
  • Tamil: “ஜோர்தான்”
  • Taroko: “Jordan”
  • Tatar: “Иордания”
  • Tatar: “Өрден”
  • Tatar: “Үрдүн”
  • Telugu: “జోర్డాన్”
  • Tetum: “Jordánia”
  • Thai: “จอร์แดน”
  • Thai: “ประเทศจอร์แดน”
  • Tibetan: “ཇོར་ཌན།”
  • Tibetan: “རྗོར་ཌན།”
  • Tigrinya: “ጆርዳን”
  • Tok Pisin: “Jordan”
  • Tonga (Tonga Islands): “Soatane”
  • Tumbuka: “Jordan”
  • Tunisian Arabic: “الأردن”
  • Turkish: “Ürdün”
  • Turkmen: “Iordaniýa”
  • Tyap: “Urdun”
  • Udmurt: “Иордания”
  • Uighur: “ئىئوردانىيە”
  • Uighur: “ئىيوردانىيە”
  • Ukrainian: “Йорданія”
  • Upper Sorbian: “Jordaniska”
  • Urdu: “اردن”
  • Uzbek: “Iordaniya”
  • Uzbek: “Urdun”
  • Venetian: “Zordània”
  • Veps: “Iordanii”
  • Veps: “Jordanii”
  • Vietnamese: “Gióc-đa-ni”
  • Vietnamese: “Gioóc-đa-ni (Jordan)”
  • Vietnamese: “Jordan”
  • Vlaams: “Jordanië”
  • Vlax Romani: “Jordan”
  • Volapük: “Yordän”
  • Võro: “Jordaania”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Hordanya”
  • Welsh: “Gwlad Iorddonen”
  • Welsh: “Gwlad yr Iorddonen”
  • Welsh: “Yr Iorddonen”
  • Western Armenian: “Յորդանան”
  • Western Balochi: “اردن”
  • Western Frisian: “Jordaanje”
  • Western Frisian: “Jordanië”
  • Western Panjabi: “اردن”
  • Wolof: “Jordaani”
  • Wolof: “Sordani”
  • Wu Chinese: “约旦”
  • Yakut: “Иордания”
  • Yiddish: “יארדאניע”
  • Yiddish: “יאַרדן”
  • Yoruba: “Jọdani”
  • Yoruba: “Jọ́rdánì”
  • Yue Chinese: “約旦”
  • Zeeuws: “Jordaonië”
  • Zhuang: “Jordan”
  • Zulu: “i-Jordan”
  • “Iordania”
  • “ma Utun”
  • “जॉर्डन”

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