Key facts about location, terrain, climate, and borders.
Continent
Asia
Area
88,946 km²
Country Bounds
N: 33.3677, S: 29.1859, W: 34.96, E: 39.3012
Landlocked
No
Coordinates of Capital
Amman (31.95, 35.933334)
Terrain
mostly arid desert plateaua great north-south geological rift along the west of the country is the dominant topographical feature and includes the Jordan River Valley, the Dead Sea, and the Jordanian Highlands
Climate
mostly arid desertrainy season in west (November to April)
Border Countries
Iraq 179 kmIsrael 307 kmSaudi Arabia 731 kmSyria 379 kmWest Bank 148 km
Administrative & Political
Essential political and administrative details.
Capital
Amman
Government Type
Constitutional Monarchy
Established
1946
Driving Side
Right
Time zone
UTC +3 hours
Population & Society
Key demographic, linguistic, and cultural information.
Population
9,956,011
Population Density
112.14 people/km²
Nationality
Noun: Jordanian(s) Adjective: Jordanian
Distribution
population heavily concentrated in the west, and particularly the northwest, in and around the capital of Amman; a sizeable but smaller population is located in the southwest along the shore of the Gulf of Aqaba