Place details
Place nameJordan
Other namesal-Urdun, Al Mamlaka al Urduniya al Hashemiyah, al-Mamlakah al-Urdunniyah al-Hashimiyah, Al-Urdunn, Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, Jordanie, Royaume hachémite de Jordanie, Jordania, Jordanien, Jordaan, Jordânia, Giordano, JOR, JO, ISO400, JO00, Transjordan, Jordanian
Latitude31
Longitude36
SourceThesaurus of Geographic Names
Overview
Area was inhabited by Lower Paleolithic; earliest states formed by 13th century BCE; was part of historic Palestine region; under British protection after 1920; wars with Israel 1948-1949 and 1967; territory West of Jordan River under Israeli control since 1967; official language is Arabic.