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Jordan is situated in the Middle East

Surface: 97.740 km², 6.644 km² is Cisjordan occupied by Israel in 1967
Population: 4.950.000 inhabitants
Density of population: 53.2 inhabitants/km², the West Bank-164 and the East Bank-32
Capital: Amman
Official language: Arabian (15%)
Official currency: dinar
Imported products: car pieces, cars, brut petroleum, textiles
Exported products: phosphates, chemical products, fruits, vegetables, animals
Brut Intern Product: 3.257 million $
State type: kingdom

Geographical Characteristics:
Jordan contains limestone plateau with a medium height of 900 m. to the east lays Jordan Valley 250 km long and part of the Great Rift Valley. Jordan flow to the south in the Dead Sea. There is no exit to the Dead Sea, but the valley of the rif

t continuities to the Aqaba Golf, where Jordan has a coast of 20 km. The highest mountains are in the south, reaching 1.754 m in Jebel Ram, but Jebel Um ed Daraj has a height of 1.247 m in the northern side. Beyond the mountains the earth is lower and occupies 3/4 of the country's surface.

Climate:
The conditions are Mediterranean in the west and desert in the east, the amount of rainfall in the interior is lower. 90% of the country's surface is desert, with less than 20 cm of rainfall per year and only 2.5-5 cm in some places. The mountains are moister. The medium temperature in Amman is 8 Celsius degrees in January and 25 Celsius degrees in July, the rainfall is 27 cm.

Cities:
Amman is the main processing center, with over 50% of the national industry. It is a communications center and became an important regional banker center. Zarqa is the second city as size and Irbid is the third. They both are in the North side of the country. Aqaba ia the only port in the south.

Transport:
There are 1.154 km of railways and 6.856 km of roads. The Regal Airline of Jordan offers internationals services through the airports Amman and Aqaba. A railway passes from Syria to Amman and to the south to Naqb Ishtar.

Mining:
Phosphates are the most important minerals and exported products. Over 4 million tones are extracted annually. The second important mineral is potassium is extracted from the Dead Sea. There also are deposits of copper, iron ore marble and argil. The petroleum is imported from Saudi Arabia. Natural gas is exploited in the north-east from 1989 and is used in the thermo-electric power stations.

Agriculture:
The eastern is mostly a desert and the southern region is semi-arid. Only 4% of the country surface is cultivated and 8% is grassland. 20% of the population works in the agriculture. They cultivate tomatoes, olives, tobacco oranges and grain. They have over one million sheep, 450.000 coats, 33.000 cows and 14.000 camels. The most important field for fruits and vegetables is on the West Bank region. Fishing on the rivers Jordan and Yarmuk in Aqaba Golf is another food source.

Industry:
The biggest industries are: phosphates, potassium, petroleum and cement. An important electric station is in Zarqa, but Amman is also an important city where it is produced energy. There have developed many small industries based on: fruits, vegetables, cigarettes, olive oil and soap. The tourist industry was badly damaged by the lost of Cisjordan and many religious regions. Many planes of developing stations on the Aqaba coast were done.

Population:
98% of the population is Arabian and over 80% are Moslems. The Arabian-Jordan conflict created big problems and in 1948 and 1967 many Palestinian refuges run in Jordan. Approximately are one million refuges, 200.000 live in campuses build by the United Nations. There are also 300.000 of independent Palestinians of the eastern Jordan communities.

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