Official Name: l-Mamlakah al-Urdunniyah al-Hashimiyah (Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan).

Area: Middle East

Size: 92,342 km² 

Coastline: 26 km

Independence: text

Form of Govt.: Constitutional monarchy

Head of Govt.: Prime Minister

Capital: Amman

Largest City: Amman

Demographics (2005): 5,350,000.    64 /km²

Arab 98%, Circassian 1%, Armenian 1%

GDP per Capita (2005): $4,825

Languages: Arabic (official), English widely understood among the educated and the upper and middle classes

Geography: mostly desert plateau in east (80% of the country). Highland area in west; Great Rift Valley separates East and West Banks of the Jordan River. The plateau rises to about 610 to 915 m

Climate: Jordan has a Mediterranean climate with hot dry summers and cool damp winters, while August is the hottest month and January the coolest. The prevailing winds are the hot Khamsin which is dust laden and the dry Shamal that blows for days at a time. Average annual precipitation is 300 mm and average temperature ranges in Amman are from 4 to 12 degrees in January to 18 to 32 degrees in August.