The Country of Jordan

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The Country of Jordan

• Written by Max

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The Birth rate and death rate of Jordan

• The birth rate of Jordan is 24.6 people. The
  death rate of Jordan is 2.6 people. The life
  expectancy is 73 at birth (years).

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Where Jordan is
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Background

• Jordan is a very small country in the Middle
  East right next to Saudi Arabia. The capital of
  Jordan is Amman. It is slightly smaller than
  Indiana and is only 91,791sq miles.

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World War 1

• During World War 1 Sheriff Hussein of Mecca in
  Saudi Arabia led the Arab revolt against the
  Ottoman rule. Great Britain helped to defeat the
  great win against the Ottomans. It established
  several of the now Arab states. After the
  successful win the League of Nations chose
  Britain to control lands east and west of the
  River Jordan as the region of Palestine.

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People

• The population of Jordan is 5,611,202. Sunni
  Muslim 92, Christian 6 (majority Greek
  Orthodox, but some Greek and Roman Catholics,
  Syrian Orthodox, Coptic Orthodox, Armenian
  Orthodox, and Protestant denominations), other 2
  (several small Shi'a Muslim and Druze
  populations) (2001 est.)

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Agriculture

• Jordan is mostly desert, and only 3 percent of
  the land is fertile. The primary crops of the
  Jordan River Valley is citrus fruits, cabbages,
  cucumbers, eggplant, melons, and tomatoes. On the
  Transjordan Plateau farmers grow barely, wheat,
  olives, nuts, grapes, other fruits, and
  vegetables.

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Contacts and transport

• Jordan has a well developed transportation
  system. Jordans roads are paved and asphalted.
  The roads can take you to neighboring countries
  or neighboring places. Jordan has only one port
  called Al Aqabah and has turned into a big port
  so that it can handle all the big hauling ships
  from the Red Sea. Jordans capital, Amman, has a
  major global airport.

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Money of Jordan
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National Anthem of Jordan

• English
• Long live the King! Long live the King!
  His position is sublime,His banners
  waving in glory supreme.
• Jordanian
• A-Sha-al MaleekA-Sha-al MaleekSa-Mi-yan-ma-qa
  mu- huKha-fi-qa-tin fil ma-alia-lam m-hu

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Religion of Jordan

• The religion of Jordan is Islam. Islam is one
  of the most wonderful religions in the world. Few
  people in Jordan are Christians. It is a very
  small percentage of the population. Moslem and
  Christians do get along very well. In the picture
  bellow is the Holy Quran.

                       
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Currency

• Jordan's currency is the Jordanian Dinar, or
  JD. It is divided into 1000 fils, or 100 qirsh or
  piasters. It appears in paper notes of 50, 20,
  10, 5, 1, and 0.5 JD denominations. Coins come in
  denominations of 1 JD, 0.5 JD, 0.25 JD, and 100,
  50, 25, 10 and 5 fils. The rate of exchange is 1
  JD 1.42 US .

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Country Information
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Country Chart