lsn, Jordan is a small country surrounded by Palestine(Israel),Syria,Saudi Arabia And Iraq. It has one Exit through the sea which is the red sea. The capital is Amman built on 7 mountains. Mostly Jordan is a desert.
2006-08-01 18:58:36
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answered by Musty 4
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Jordan is a country in the Middle East ( Northwestern Asia) bordered by Iraq, Israel, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Lebanon, the Dead Sea and Red Sea.
2006-08-02 03:28:20
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answered by Anonymous
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Jordan is a country in the Middle East bordered by Iraq, Israel, Saudi Arabia, and Syria.
2006-08-02 01:29:33
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answered by San Diego Art Nut 6
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Middle East
2006-08-02 01:30:53
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answered by Amy 5
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Jordan officially the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, is an Arab country in the Middle East. It is bordered by Syria to the north, Iraq to the north-east, Saudi Arabia to the east and south, and Israel and the Palestinian Territories / Israeli-occupied territories to the west. It shares with Israel and the Palestinian Territories the coastlines of the Dead Sea, and the Gulf of Aqaba with Israel, Saudi Arabia, and Egypt.
Formation and Transjordan
The land that became Jordan forms part of the history-rich Fertile Crescent region. Its known history began around 2000 B.C., when Semitic Amorites settled around the Jordan River in the area called Canaan. Subsequent invaders and settlers included Hittites, Egyptians, Israelites, Assyrians, Babylonians, Persians, Greeks, Romans, Byzantines, Arab Muslims, Christian Crusaders, Mameluks, Ottoman Turks, and, finally, the British. At the end of World War I, the territory now comprising Israel, Jordan, the West Bank, the Gaza Strip, and Jerusalem was awarded to the United Kingdom by the League of Nations as the mandate for Palestine. In 1922, in an attempt to assuage Arab anger resulting from the Balfour Declaration, which "view[ed] with favour the establishment in Palestine [region included Jordan] of a national home for the Jewish people", with the approval of the League of Nations, the British created the semi-autonomous Arab Emirate of Transjordan in all Palestinian territory east of the Jordan river. The British installed the Hashemite Prince Abdullah I of Jordan, while continuing the administration of Palestine and Transjordan under a single British High Commissioner. The mandate over Transjordan ended on 22 May 1946; on 25 May, the country became the independent Hashemite Kingdom of Transjordan. It ended its special defense treaty relationship with the United Kingdom in 1957.
Transjordan has opposed the creation of the State of Israel in May 1948, and took part in the attack by the Arab states on the newly founded nation, and the subsequent warfare. The armistice agreements of 3 April 1949 left Jordan in control of the West Bank and provided that the armistice demarcation lines were without prejudice to future territorial settlements or boundary lines
Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
In 1950, Transjordan annexed the West Bank, and the country was renamed "the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan" to reflect this. The annexation was recognised only by the United Kingdom and Pakistan.
In the year 1965 there was an exchange of territories between Saudi Arabia and Jordan. Jordan gave up a relatively large area of inland desert in return for a small piece of sea-shore near Aqaba.
Jordan signed a mutual defense pact in May 1967 with Egypt, and it participated in the June 1967 war against Israel along with Syria, Egypt, and Iraq. During the war, Jordan lost its control of the West Bank and all of Jerusalem. In 1988, Jordan renounced all claims to the West Bank but retained an administrative role pending a final settlement, and its 1994 treaty with Israel allowed for a continuing Jordanian role in Muslim and Christian holy places in Jerusalem. The international community as represented in the United Nations considers the West Bank to be territory occupied by Israel and believes that its final status should be determined through direct negotiations among the parties concerned on the basis of UN Security Council Resolution 242 and UN Security Council Resolution
Administrative Divisions
Administrative division.Administratively, Jordan is divided into 12 governorates, each headed by a governor appointed by the king. They are the sole authorities for all government departments and development projects in their respective areas. The governorates are subdivided into approximately 52 nahias. The governorates include:
Ajlun
Amman
Aqaba
Balqa
Irbid
Jerash
Kerak
Ma'an
Madaba
Mafraq
Tafilah
Zarqa
2006-08-02 06:13:41
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answered by cookie 2
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East of the Jordan River (across from Israel).
2006-08-02 01:33:44
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answered by Randy G 7
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In really simple terms, think of where Saudi Arabia is (looks like a fat boot). Jordan is up "above" (north) of there.
2006-08-02 01:27:49
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answered by Margaret 4
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jordan is in the middle east . it has boundry with Iraq , Suria , ESrael .
2006-08-02 04:29:15
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answered by eshaghi_2006 3
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She is on paternal leave, having just had a baby to that clown Peter Andre!
2006-08-02 05:03:58
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answered by ? 6
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in the middle east
neighbouring isreal,egypt,saudi arabia,syria and lebanon.
2006-08-02 01:29:52
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answered by Anonymous
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