Region: Middle East
Capital: Amman
Population: 6,508,271
Area: 88,802 km²
Currency: Jordanian Dinar (JOD)
Languages: Arabic
Jordan, officially the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, is an Arab kingdom in the Middle East, on the East Bank of the River Jordan, consisting roughly of the historic region of Transjordan. Jordan borders Saudi Arabia to the south and east, Iraq to the north-east, Syria to the north and Israel to the west, sharing control of the Dead Sea with the latter. Wikipedia
