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Political Map of Jordan

by Vishal Kumar

Jordan is a country located in the Middle East, surrounded by Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Syria, Israel, the Dead Sea and the River Jordan. The capital of Jordan is Amman.


Political Map of Jordan

 

The Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan is a country located in the Middle East, bordering Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Syria, and Israel. Jordan is situated along the East Bank of the River Jordan and the Dead Sea. The capital and largest city of Jordan is Amman.

Jordan is made up of twelve governorates (provinces), and further divided into 54 nahais (districts). Each of the governorates is headquartered in a capital, most of which share the same name as their governorate. The only governorates that have a capital with a different name are Balqa, which is headquartered in Salt, and Karak, for which the capital is called Al Karak. The governorates are divided into three geographic regions, the North Region, Central Region, and South Region.

The largest provinces by area are Ma’an, Mafraq, and Amman. The largest by population are Amman, which holds the national capital and largest city, and is home to over 2.2 million people, followed by Irbid, Zarqa, and Balqa.

Province Pop-2004 Pop-1994 Area(km.²) Area(mi.²)
Ajlun 118,725 94,548 412 159
Amman 1,942,066 1,576,238 8,231 3,178
Aqaba 102,097 79,839 6,583 2,542
Balqa 346,354 276,082 1,076 415
Irbid 928,292 751,634 1,621 626
Jarash 153,602 123,190 402 155
Karak 204,185 169,770 3,217 1,242
Ma`an 94,253 79,670 33,163 12,804
Madaba 129,960 107,321 2,008 775
Mafraq 244,188 178,914 26,435 10,207
Tafilah 75,267 62,783 2,114 816
Zarqa 764,650 639,469 4,080 1,575
12 provinces 5,103,639 4,139,458 89,342 34,494

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