Name: | Jordan (Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan) |
Local name (Arabic): | (ﺔﻴﻤﺷﺎﻬﻟﺍ ﺔﻴﻧﺩﺭﻻﺍ ﺔﻜﻠﻤﻤﻟﺍ) ﻥﺩﺭﻻﺍ |
Former name: | Transjordan – until 1950 |
Bordering countries: | Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Syria, Palestine, Israel |
Status: | sovereign state |
Surface: | 89.2 ths. sq. km |
Population (2003): | 5 460 ths. |
Capital: | Amman (ﻥﺎﻤﻋ) |
Official language: | Arabic |