What is the capital of Jordan?
Country Name | Jordan |
Full Country Name | Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan |
Local - Long | Al Mamlakah al Urduniyah al Hashimiyah |
Local - Short | Al Urdun |
Former Name | Transjordan |
Etymology- history of name | named for the Jordan River, which makes up part of Jordan's northwest border |
Government Type | parliamentary constitutional monarchy |
Capital Name | Amman |
Capital - geographic coordinate | 31 57 N, 35 56 E |
Capital Time Difference | UTC+2 (7 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time) |
Daylight Savings Time | +1hr, begins last Friday in March; ends last Friday in October |
Independence | 25 May 1946 (from League of Nations mandate under British administration) |
National Holiday | Independence Day, 25 May (1946) |
Constitution | previous 1928 (preindependence); latest initially adopted 28 November 1947, revised and ratified 1 January 1952; amended several times, last in 2016 |
Who is the president of Jordan?
Executive Branch: |
chief of state: King ABDALLAH II (since 7 February 1999); Crown Prince HUSSEIN (born 28 June 1994), eldest son of King ABDALLAH II head of government: Prime Minister Omar al-RAZZAZ (since 4 June 2018) cabinet: Cabinet appointed by the prime minister in consultation with the monarch elections/appointments: the monarchy is hereditary; prime minister appointed by the monarch |
Citizenship Criteria: |
citizenship by birth: no citizenship by descent only: the father must be a citizen of Jordan dual citizenship recognized: yes residency requirement for naturalization: 15 years Citizenship |
Legal System: | mixed system developed from codes instituted by the Ottoman Empire (based on French law), British common law, and Islamic law |
Suffrage: | 18 years of age; universal |
Legislative Branch: |
description: bicameral National Assembly or Majlis al-'Umma consists of: Senate or the House of Notables or Majlis al-Ayan (65 seats; members appointed by the monarch to serve 4-year terms) Chamber of Deputies or House of Representatives or Majlis al-Nuwaab (130 seats; 115 members directly elected in single- and multi-seat constituencies by open-list proportional representation vote and 15 seats for women; 12 of the 115 seats reserved for Christian, Chechen, and Circassian candidates; members serve 4-year terms) elections: Chamber of Deputies - last held on 20 September 2016 (next to be held in 2020) election results: Chamber of Deputies - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - NA |
Judicial Branch: |
highest court(s): Court of Cassation or Supreme Court (consists of 15 judges including the chief justice; 7-judge panels for important cases and 5 judge panels for most appeals cases); Constitutional Court (consists of 9 members including the court chairman) judge selection and term of office: Supreme Court chief justice appointed by the king; other judges nominated by the Judicial Council, an 11-member judicial policy-making body consisting of high-level judicial officials and judges, and approved by the king; judge tenure NA; Constitutional Court members appointed by the king for 6-year non-renewable terms with one-third of the membership renewed every 2 years subordinate courts: Courts of Appeal; Major Felonies Court; Courts of First Instance; Magistrate Courts; religious courts; state security courts |
Regions or States: | 12 governorates (muhafazat, singular - muhafazah); 'Ajlun, Al 'Aqabah, Al Balqa', Al Karak, Al Mafraq, Al'Asimah, At Tafilah, Az Zarqa', Irbid, Jarash, Ma'an, Ma'daba |
Political Parties and Leaders: |
Ahl al-Himma Al-Bayyan Al-Hayah Jordanian Party [Zahier AMR] Arab Ba'ath Socialist Party [Akram al-HIMSI] Ba'ath Arab Progressive Party [Fuad DABBOUR] Citizenship Construction Cooperation Dawn Democratic People's Party [Ablah ABU ULBAH] Democratic Popular Unity Party [Sa'id DIAB] Dignity Du'a Party [Muhammed ABU BAKR] Free Voice Islamic Action Front or IAF [Hamzah MANSOUR] Islamic Centrist Party [Muhammad al-HAJ] Jordanian Communist Party [Munir HAMARNAH] Jordanian National Party [Muna ABU BAKR] Jordanian United Front [Amjad al-MAJALI] Labor and Trade Muslim Center Party [Haitham ALAMAERAH] Nation National Congress Party [Raheeh GHARAYBEH, general secretary] National Accord Youth Block National Action National Constitution Party [Ahmad al-SHUNAQ] National Current Party [Abd al-Hadi al-MAJALI] National Movement for Direct Democracy [Muhammad al-QAQ] National Union National Unity Nobel Jerusalem Risalah Party [Hazem QASHOU] Salvation Stronger Jordan The Direct Democratic Nationalists Movement Party [Nash'at KHALIFAH] The Homeland (Hizb Al-Watan) The People Unified Front United Front Voice of the Nation; qtgan |
International Law Organization Participation: | has not submitted an ICJ jurisdiction declaration; accepts ICCt jurisdiction |
International Organization Participation: | ABEDA, AFESD, AMF, CAEU, CD, CICA, EBRD, FAO, G-11, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC (national committees), ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IDB, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, IMSO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO, ITSO, ITU, ITUC (NGOs), LAS, MIGA, MINUSTAH, MINUSMA, MONUSCO, NAM, OIC, OPCW, OSCE (partner), PCA, UN, UN Security Council (temporary), UNAMID, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNIDO, UNMIL, UNMISS, UNOCI, UNRWA, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WFTU (NGOs), WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO |
Diplomatic Representation in the US: |
chief of mission: Ambassador Dina Khalil Tawiq KAWAR (since 27 June 2016) chancery: 3504 International Drive NW, Washington, DC 20008 telephone: [1] (202) 966-2664 FAX: [1] (202) 966-3110 |
Diplomatic Representation from US: |
chief of mission: Ambassador Alice G. WELLS (since 31 August 2014) embassy: Abdoun, Al-Umawyeen St., Amman mailing address: P. O. Box 354, Amman 11118 Jordan; Unit 70200, Box 5, DPO AE 09892-0200 telephone: [962] (6) 590-6000 FAX: [962] (6) 592-0163 |