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Location: Middle East, northwest of Saudi Arabia
Industries: clothing, phosphate mining, fertilizers, pharmaceuticals, petroleum refining, cement, potash, inorganic chemicals, light manufacturing, tourism
Geography: strategic location at the head of the Gulf of Aqaba and as the Arab country that shares the longest border with Israel and the occupied West Bank
Area: total: 92,300 sq km
land: 91,971 sq km
water: 329 sq km
Budget: revenues: $5.117 billion
expenditures: $6.468 billion (2007 est.)
Languages: Arabic (official), English widely understood among upper and middle classes
National Holiday: Independence Day, 25 May (1946)
Currency (Code): Jordanian dinar (JOD)
Capital: Amman
Population: 6,198,677 (July 2008 est.)
Labor Force: 1.563 million (2007 est.)
Exports: $5.7 billion f.o.b. (2007 est.)
Imports: $12.02 billion f.o.b. (2007 est.)
Internet Country Code: .jo
Airports: 17 (2007) / Paved Runways: 15
Aircraft Departures: 15,900 |
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