Important Cities
- Amman (Capital)
- Irbid
- Az Zarqa
- Al Karak
- Ma'an
- Al Aqaba
- Petra
- Jerash
- Madaba
- Azraq
Main Attractions
- Roman Theatre (Amman)
- National Archaeological Museum(Amman)
- The Castle of Qalat Al-Rabadh (Ajloun)
- Dead Sea [with Israel]
- Desert Castles
- The huge Oval Plaza or Forum( Jerash)
- Temple of Artemis(Jerash)
- Madaba's Mosaics
- Lake Tiberias
- Temple of Winged Lions (Petra)
- Quseir Amra Fortress
- Hot springs of Al Himma.
Main Industries
- Petroleum Refining
- Tourism
- Phosphate Mining
- Cement
- Pharmaceuticals
- Inorganic Chemicals
Hunted Facts on jordan
- This is just a very quick note advise that Jordan has gone away for a long weekend break, she will be back on Monday, an...
- Jordan is in the following magazines this week: New magazine Reveal magazine Love It!
- Today, Jordan will be on: Five News on Channel 5 at 11.45am Sky news at 12.30pm.
- King Hussein ruled Jordan from 1953 to 1999, surviving a number of challenges to his rule, drawing on the loyalty of his military, and serving as a symbol of unity and stability for both the East Bank and Palestinian communities in Jordan.
- According to Jordan's Department of Statistics, 13% of the economically active Jordanian population residing in Jordan was unemployed in 2006.
- Jordan signed a Threshold Agreement with the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) in October 2006, and was subsequently deemed by the MCC to be eligible for a Compact Agreement in recognition of the country's progress on economic, social, and political reform indicators.
- Jordan is among the five countries which have adopted an ENP action plan in 2005 for the next three to five years covering a new and ambitious agenda for the political social and economic fields, towards sharing common values with the EU.
- Jordans comparative political importance goes beyond the limitations of its size and economic and natural resources and relies on its capacity to remain proactive in the political field which is a rare asset among the countries in the region.
- Jordan is one of the better-performing countries of the region in terms of life expectancy at birth (72 years old), adult literacy (91%), access to basic services and education (enrolment has reached, respectively, 91%, 80%, and 31% at primary, secondary and tertiary levels).
- Jordan is a constitutional monarchy based on the constitution promulgated on January 8, 1952.
