democracy index. The 2011 Jordanian protests began in the wake of unrest in Tunisia and Egypt. Starting in January 2011, several thousand Jordanians staged...
intention of withdrawing the new tax bill. Administratively, Jordan is divided into twelve governorates (muhafazat, singular—muhafazah), each headed by a governor...
Most Jordanians natively speak one of the non-standard Arabic dialects known as Jordanian Arabic. Jordanian Sign Language is the language of the deaf...
issuer ofJordanian currency, the Jordanian dinar, which is pegged to the US dollar. The following chart of the trend of gross domestic product ofJordan at...
Jamhour Captain Muath al-Kasasbeh - Jordanian Air Force pilot captured, held hostage, and burned alive by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) Habis...
destroyed a Jordanian passport. In August 2014, thousands of Iraqi Christians fled ISIL and sought shelter in Jordanian churches. Shortly after Jordan joined...
Prince in Jordan. Descendants include Prince Zeid bin Ra'ad, a Jordanian diplomat, who served as United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights from...
26 December 2011 Jordanian Hashemite Fund for HumanDevelopment (JOHUD):Community development, retrieved on November 25, 2010 Jordan Times:‘Water-wise...
nations in terms of gender equality. The women's rights movement in Jordan has a long and rich history, with organizations such as the Jordanian Women's Union...
data.worldbank.org. "WHO | Jordan". WHO. Humandevelopmentindex. undp.org Jordan country profile. Library of Congress Federal Research Division (September...
foundet by the Jordanian-Swiss counterpart Fund, the Swiss Agency for Development and the World Monuments Fund. 2001 Restoration of the altar in front of the...
the Jordanian steppe, or the Badiya, is a region of desert, semi-desert and steppe covering 500,000 square kilometers (200,000 square miles) of the Middle...
exception of a railway system, Jordan has a developed public and private transportation system. There are three international airports in Jordan. The Hedjaz...
countries are classified as high-income economies by the World Bank and maintain a very high HumanDevelopmentIndex. The three governments engage in intergovernmental...
the Jordanian Army known as Black September. The Jordanian Army defeated the PLO in 1971, and the latter were expelled to Lebanon. The first wave of Iraqi...
عبد العزيز) is a Jordanian Legal expert and human rights activist who is also a founding member and executive director of the Jordan-based NGO, Justice...
into four governorates (Kurdish: پارێزگا, Parêzga): the governoratesof Erbil, Sulaymaniyah, Duhok, and Halabja. Each of these governorates is divided...
(Arabic: أمانة; amanah) headed by mayors (Arabic: أمين; amin). The governorates are further subdivided into sub-governorates (Arabic: مراكز; marakiz, sing...
sub-divided into four governorates: Arar, Al Uwayqilah, Rafha and Turayf. Its capital is Arar. The region is subdivided into four governorates: Arar (administrative...
number of museums which serve Jordanian and international visitors alike. Several museums in the capital, Amman, are listedby the Ministry of Tourism...
are listed below: After 3 July 2002, Bahrain was split into five administrative governorates, each of which has its own governor. These governorates are:...
exploitation. The Sultanate is administratively divided into eleven governorates. Governorates are, in turn, divided into 60 wilayats. Ad Dakhiliyah Ad Dhahirah...
sides of the Jordan and their union in one state... at whose head reigns King Abdullah Ibn al Hussain". All West Bank residents were granted Jordanian citizenship...
divisions of Iraq Regions of Iraq Governoratesof Iraq Districts of Iraq Municipalities of Iraq Governoratesof Iraq Baghdad Governorate – Arab, Turkman, Assyrian...
University Buraidah College of Technology Listof cities and towns in Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia portal "Buraidah Governorate". www.citypopulation.de. Retrieved...
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