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  2. Demographics of Jordan - Wikipedia

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    Jordan has a population of more than 11.1 million inhabitants as of 2023. [1] Jordanians (Arabic: أردنيون) are the citizens of Jordan.Around 94% of Jordanians are Arabs, while the remaining 6% belong to ethnic minorities, including Circassians, Chechens, Armenians and Kurds.

  3. Jordanian Arabic - Wikipedia

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    Jordanian Arabic varieties are spoken by more than 8.5 million people, and understood throughout the Levant and, to various extents, in other Arabic-speaking regions. As in all Arab countries, language use in Jordan is characterized by diglossia ; Modern Standard Arabic is the official language used in most written documents and the media ...

  4. Jordan - Wikipedia

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    Jordan's capture of the West Bank during the 1948 Arab–Israeli War proved that the Arab Legion, known today as the Jordan Armed Forces, was the most effective among the Arab troops involved in the war. [166]

  5. Arabization of the Jordanian Army command - Wikipedia

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    The first organized army in Jordan was established in 1920, under the command of the British Captain Frederick Peake. [2] In 1939, the Arab Legion was put under the command of John Bagot Glubb (also known as Glubb Pasha), under whom it grew into an 8,000-men strong force by the time of Jordan's independence from the British Mandate in 1946. [2]

  6. ‘When he wants something, it happens.’ Israel’s far right ...

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    Jordan and Egypt seem likely to huddle with their allies in the Gulf, especially Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, in an effort to present a united front.

  7. Jordanian nationality law - Wikipedia

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    Non-Jordanian Arabs (defined as any national of an Arab League member state with an Arab father) [25] faced greatly heightened residence requirements for naturalization, being required to live in the country for 15 years rather than four years for other foreign nationals.

  8. An uneasy alliance of Arab states helped defend Israel from ...

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    Among the three Arab states that participated in Israel’s defense, Jordan is the only one that shares a border with Israel and the only one that took part in the air operation to destroy the drones.

  9. Hashemites - Wikipedia

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    The Hashemites (Arabic: الهاشميون, romanized: al-Hāshimiyyūn), also House of Hashim, are the royal family of Jordan, which they have ruled since 1921, and were the royal family of the kingdoms of Hejaz (1916–1925), Syria (1920), and Iraq (1921–1958).