Arabic (official), English widely understood among upper and middle classes
- Jordanian dinar (JOD)
Area
total: 92,300 km2 water: 329 km2 land: 91,971 km2
Callingcode
962
Electricity
220V/50Hz (Continental round pin & UK plugs)
Government
Constitutional monarchy
Population
5,906,760 (July 2006 est.)
Religion
Sunni Muslim 92%, Christian 6% (majority Greek Orthodox, but some Greek and Roman Catholics, Syrian Orthodox, Coptic Orthodox, Armenian Orthodox, and Protestant denominations), other 2% (several small Shi'a Muslim and Druze populations) (2001 est.)