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Geographically, the governorates of Jordan are located in one of three regions (aqalim): the North Region, Central Region and the South Region. The three geographical regions are not distributed by area or populations, but rather by geographical connectivity and distance among the population centres.
King Hussein of Jordan: A Political Life (Yale University Press; 2008) excerpt; Bradshaw, Tancred. Britain and Jordan: imperial strategy, King Abdullah I and the Zionist movement (Bloomsbury Publishing, 2012). El-Anis, Imad H. (2011). Jordan and the United States : the political economy of trade and economic reform in the Middle East. London ...
History of Jordan; Prehistory 'Ain Ghazal; Ghassulians; Ancient history; Amorites; Ammon; Edom; Israel; Moab; Qedarites; Classical period; Nabataeans; Hasmoneans ...
1952: Constitution of Jordan established. Talal abdicates the throne due to illness. 1955: Wide scale violent anti-Hashemite riots across Jordan result in resignation of the Majali government and retraction of Jordan from the Baghdad Pact. An anti-Christian riot also takes place in Madaba the same year.
Madaba (Arabic: مادبا; Biblical Hebrew: מֵידְבָא Mēḏəḇāʾ; Ancient Greek: Μήδαβα [2] [3] [4]) is the capital city of Madaba Governorate in central Jordan, with a population of about 60,000.
The twelve governorates of Jordan contain fifty-two alwiya which are listed below by governorate. In many cases the name of the chief town is the same as the name of the district ( liwa ) or sub-district ( qadaa ) administered.
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Amman, ... The Jordan Times newspaper begins publication. ... Jordan portal; Amman Governorate;
Jordan is a constitutional monarchy with representative government. The reigning monarch is the head of state, the chief executive and the commander-in-chief of the armed forces. The king exercises his executive authority through the prime ministers and the Council of Ministers, or cabinet.