jordan

     

Joran (Arabic: الأردنّ‎, transliterated as al-Urdunn), officially the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan (المملكة الأردنية الهاشمية), is a country in the Arab World in Southwest Asia, bordered by Syria to the north, Iraq to the north-east, Israel and the West Bank to the west, and Saudi Arabia to the east and south. It shares the coastlines of the Dead Sea, and the Gulf of Aqaba with Israel, Saudi Arabia, and Egypt.The Hashemite Kingdom of 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. The cabinet, meanwhile, is responsible before the elected House of Deputies which, along with the House of Notables (Senate), constitutes the legislative branch of the government. The judicial branch is an independent branch of the government.

Trivia about jordan

  • In 1949 this kingdom dropped the word "Trans" from the beginning of its name
  • River mentioned most often in the Bible
  • Under Hussein I this country gave its women the right to vote in 1973
  • In 1967 this country lost the West Bank to Israel
  • The Greater Amman Public Library is one of the major libraries in this Middle Eastern country
  • The book of Mark recounts how John the Baptist baptized believers, including Jesus, in this river
  • At its north end, the Dead Sea receives this river
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  • In Joshua the Israelites made a miraculous crossing of this river, much as they did at the Red Sea
  • In 1988 King Hussein surrendered this country's claim to the disputed West Bank
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  • Lisa Halaby, born in D.C. in 1951, married King Hussein & became Queen Noor of this country
  • For disobeying instructions on how to get water from rock, God forbade Moses from crossing this river
  • Officially, it's a kingdom
  • In Mark 1:Got baptized by (who else?) John the Baptist in this river
  • In Israel the area where this river exits the Sea of Galilee is considered holy
  • In the Middle East:Amman
  • In 1993 King Hussein celebrated his 40th anniversary as ruler of this country
  • In 1999 Abdullah II succeeded his late father, King Hussein, as this country's monarch
  • Joshua's conquest of Canaan began with the taking of Jericho, a city in this river's valley
  • In Arabic, it's Nahr Al-Urdunn
  • Bedouin costumes like these abound in this country that's east of Israel & west of Saudi Arabia
  • Queen Noor, of this Middle Eastern country named for a river, used to be a regular American girl named Lisa
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  • Rania has succeeded Noor as this country's queen
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  • It grows a lot of barley; its national anthem is "Long Live The King"; it's ruled by the man seen here(King Hussein)
  • On Feb. 7, 1999, Abdullah II became king of this Arab nation, bounded on the west by Israel
  • In chapter 3 of the Biblical book named for him, Joshua leads the Israelites across this river
  • It's fed by the Hasbani River in Lebanon & by the Baniyas in Syria
  • It was once populated by a people known as the Nabataeans
  • The red triangle on this country's flag, a modified Arab revolt flag, represents the Hashemite Dynasty
  • You don't hear so much about the East Bank where this country is
  • Iraq's shortest national border is with this monarchy
  • It's about the size of Maine, & it's right across the river from Israel
  • Order of the Hashemite Star
  • Carved from the living rock, the pink stone city of Petra is found in this Middle Eastern kingdom
  • The monarchy that borders the Gulf of Aqaba
  • For their peace work, Queen Noor of this country & Leah Rabin received Eleanor Roosevelt Val-Kill Medals
  • King Abdullah II reigns in this country
  • On a Nick show, Lil' JJ plays a 15-year-old known as "just" him
  • On Oct. 26, 1994 a peace treaty was signed between Israel & this country led by King Hussein I
  • 1946 to 1951:Abdullah I (he cut "Trans" from the country's name mid-reign)
  • This Mideastern boundary river rises on the slopes of Mount Hermon