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Jordan
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31° N / 36° ETHE WORLD, ONE COUNTRY AT A TIME
- Capital
- Amman
- Population
- 11,552,876 2024
- Area
- 89,342 km² (year unavailable)
- Languages source-listed
- Arabic
- Currency
- Jordanian dinar (JOD)
- Geography
- Coastal country
Population: World Bank 2024. Other facts: REST Countries snapshot. Sources & limitations.
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FROM THE TRAVEL GUIDE · Jordan
Jordan (Arabic: الأردنّ, al-Urdunn) is an Arab kingdom in the Middle East, at the crossroads of Asia, Africa and Europe.
Food & everyday culture
Other popular dishes include Maklouba, stuffed vegetables, freekeh.Read the eat section ↗
Excerpts from Wikivoyage contributors, revision 2026-09-23. CC BY-SA 4.0. Selected excerpts; wiki formatting removed; omissions marked […]. Guide wording and any figures belong to this dated source; they do not replace the atlas statistics above. Food descriptions are not official national-dish designations.
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- National flower
- Not yet verified
- Official national dish
- Not yet verified
- Representative food
- Not yet verified
- Subregion
- Western Asia
- Calling code
- +962
- Internet domain
- .jo, الاردن.
- Land border codes
- IRQ, ISR, PSE, SAU, SYR
Quick facts
- Traffic keeps to the right side of the road. Source ↗
- The country-code web domain is .jo or الاردن.. Source ↗
- The source lists sunday as the start of the week. Source ↗
Population: World Bank 2024. Other facts: REST Countries snapshot. Source-matched September 26, 2026; not live data. Sources & limitations.