Jordan

Hashemite Kinrick o Jordan
المملكة الأردنية الهاشمية
Al-Mamlakah al-ʾUrdunniyyah al-Hāšimiyyah

Banner Coat o airms
Naitional motto: God, Kintra, the Keeng; Arabic: الله، الوطن، المليك‎; Allah Al-Watan Al-Malek
Offeecial leid	Arabic
Caipital	Amman
Lairgest ceety	caipital
Govrenment Heid o State - Prime Meenister -	Constitutional monarchy Keeng Abdullah II o Jordan Marouf al-Bakhit
Area	92,300 km2 35,637 sq mi
Population	6,407,085
Foondin	25 Mey 1946
Siller	Jordanian dinar (JOD)
Time zone	UTC+2 Simmer (UTC+3)
Naitional anthem	The Ryal Anthem o Jordan
Naitional flouer
Patron saunt
Internet TLD	.jo
Cawin code	962

Jordan (Template:IPA-en), offeecially the Hashemite Kinrick o Jordan, an an' a' kent as the JK (short for The Jordanian Kinrick), is a kinrick on the East Bank o the River Jordan in Wastren Asie. It borders Saudi Arabie tae the sooth-east, Iraq tae the east, Sirie tae the north an Israel an Palestine tae the wast, sharin control o the Dead Sea. Jordan's anerlie port is at its soothren tip, at the Gulf o Aqaba, which is shared wi Israel, Egyp, an Saudi Arabie. Muckle o Jordan is covered bi the Arabian Desert. Housomeivver, the north-wastren pairt o Jordan is pairt o the Fertile Crescent. The caipital ceety is Amman.

Durin its history, Jordan haes seen numerous ceevilizations, includin such auncient near eastren anes as the Canaanite an later ither Semitic fowks such as the Edomites, an the Moabites. Ither ceevilizations possessin poleetical sovereignty an influence in Jordan wur: Akkadian, Assyrian, Israelite/Judean, Babylonian, an Persian empires. The lands o Jordan wur for a time unner the rule o Pharaonic Egyp, composed pairt o the greater Kinrick o Israel (includin the later Judaean Kinrick, Hasmonaen Kinrick o Israel an Herodian Dynasty), an notably, the region o Jordan an aa gave birth tae the Nabataean ceevilization which left rich airchaeological remains at Petra, ane o the New Seiven Wonders o the Warld locatit in the Ma'an Govrenorate. Cultur further wast an aa left their mark, such as the Macedonian/Greek/Hellenistic, Roman, Byzantine, an Ottoman Turkis empires. Syne the seivent century C.E., the aurie haes been unner the primary rule o Muslim an Arab cultur, wi the exceptions briefly for the aurie in wastren Jordan durin the Crusader Kinrick o Jerusalem, an for the entire region durin the early-mid twintiet century C.E. unner Breetish rule which led tae Jordan's establishment as an autonomous state.

The Hashemite Kinrick o Jordan is a constitutional monarchy wi representative govrenment. The reignin monarch is the chief executive an the commander-in-chief o the airmed forces. The keeng exercises his executive authority through the prime meenisters an the Cooncil o Meenisters, or cabinet. The cabinet, meanwhile, is responsible afore the democratically electit Hoose o Deputies which, alang wi the Hoose o Notables (Senate), constitutes the legislative branch o the govrenment. The judicial branch is an independent branch o the govrenment.

Etymology

The kinrick is named efter the river Jordan. The name "Jordan" derives frae the Semitic leids an haes multiple meanins (Auncient Arabian الأردن meanin "Steep/Slope" frae the ruit أرد Arda, Ebreu ruit ירד Yrd an Canaanite), via the Aramaic Yarden meanin "ane who descends".

Admeenistrative diveesions

Main airticle: Govrenorates o Jordan

The Admeenistrative Diveesions seestem bi the Meenistry o Interior dividit Jordan intae 12 provinces cried govrenorates, each heidit bi a govrenor appointit bi the keeng. They are the sole authorities for aw govrenment depairtments an development projects in their respective auries.

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