Fast Facts about Jordan
- Local name
Al-Mamlakah al- Urdunniyah al- Hashimiyah
- Tourism contributes
10% of GDP and US$800 million to the economy every year
- Land Area
96, 188 sq km
- Cultivated land
4.5%
- Religion
80% Sunni Muslim, 15% Shi’a Muslim, 5% Christian
- Palestinians living in Jordan
1.7 million
- Population
5, 759, 000 (July 2005 est)
- Percentage of Jordanians who have a mobile phone
- Former names
Rabbath Ammon, Philadelphia (the ‘City of Brotherly Love’)
- Elevation
850m
- Population
1.8 million
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