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  2. Demographics of Jordan - Wikipedia

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    There are people of Turkish ancestry living in Jordan. These people have had a thriving presence in Jordan since the rule of the Ottoman Empire. Today, there is a minority of about 60,000 people in the country who are the descendants of the Ottoman-Turkish immigrants. As of 2009, there are also 8,262 Turkish citizens who are recent migrants to ...

  3. Jordan - Wikipedia

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    Jordan renounced its claim to the territory to the Palestinians in 1988 and signed a peace treaty with Israel in 1994. Jordan is a semi-arid country, covering an area of 89,342 km 2 (34,495 sq mi) with a population of 11.5 million, making it the eleventh-most populous Arab country.

  4. List of Jordanians - Wikipedia

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    The following is a list of notable people from Jordan This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources .

  5. History of Jordan - Wikipedia

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    Large, distinct communities seem to have arisen in northern and central Jordan, while the south was populated by a nomadic, Bedouin-type of people known as the Shasu. New fortifications appeared at sites like Amman's Citadel, Irbid , and Tabaqat Fahl (or Pella).

  6. Culture of Jordan - Wikipedia

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    The Jordanian cuisine is a traditional style of food preparation originating from Jordan that has developed from centuries of social and political change with roots starts with the evidence of human activity in Jordan in the Paleolithic period (c. 90,000 BC). There is a wide variety in the Jordanian style of cooking.

  7. Category:Jordanian people - Wikipedia

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    also: Countries: Jordan: People: Subcategories. This category has the following 24 subcategories, out of 24 total. Jordanian people by century (3 C) People by city ...

  8. Category:Ethnic groups in Jordan - Wikipedia

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    Jordanian people by descent (6 C) A. Arabs in Jordan (7 C, 3 P) ... Pages in category "Ethnic groups in Jordan" The following 20 pages are in this category, out of 20 ...

  9. Hashemites - Wikipedia

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    Prince Zeid bin Hussein, who moved to Jordan when his brother's grandson, King Faisal II of Iraq, was overthrown and murdered in a coup in 1958. Hassan, died at a young age. Hussein bin Ali continued to rule an independent Hejaz, of which he proclaimed himself king, between 1916 and 1924, after the collapse of Ottoman power, with the tacit ...