The politics of Jordan takes place in a framework of a parliamentary monarchy,whereby the Prime Minister of Jordan is head of government,and of a multi-party system. Jordan is a constitutional monarchy based on the constitution promulgated on January 8,1952. The king exercises his power through the government he appoints which is responsible before the Parliament. In contrast to most parliamentary monarchies,the monarchy of Jordan is not ceremonial,with the King having significant influence over the affairs of the country.
Amman is the capital and largest city of Jordan,and the country's economic,political,and cultural center. With a population of 4,061,150 as of 2021,Amman is Jordan's primate city and is the largest city in the Levant region,the fifth-largest city in the Arab world,and the ninth largest metropolitan area in the Middle East.
Abdullah II bin Al-Hussein is King of Jordan,having ascended the throne on 7 February 1999. He is a member of the Hashemite dynasty,who have been the reigning royal family of Jordan since 1921,and is considered a 41st-generation direct descendant of the Islamic prophet Muhammad.
Noor Al-Hussein is an American-born Jordanian philanthropist and activist who is the fourth wife and widow of King Hussein of Jordan. She was Queen of Jordan from their marriage on June 15,1978,until Hussein's death on February 7,1999.
Alia Al-Hussein was the Queen of Jordan and the third wife of King Hussein from their marriage in 1972 until her death in a helicopter crash in southern Jordan near Tafilah.
Prince Hassan bin Talal is a member of the Jordanian royal family who was previously Crown Prince from 1965 to 1999,being removed just three weeks before King Hussein's death.
Sahab is a municipality in Jordan located 16 kilometers (9.9 mi) southeast of the capital Amman. It is the only locality in the Sahab District of the Amman Governorate. Modern Sahab began as a Bedouin-owned plantation village in the late 19th century during Ottoman rule. The plantation was originally worked by Egyptian migrant farmers who purchased and permanently settled the lands in 1894 and developed Sahab into an agricultural estate. Sahab became its own municipality in 1962 and today is a densely populated industrial hub. It is home to the country's largest industrial city,the Abdullah II Ibn Al-Hussein Industrial Estate,and the largest cemetery in greater Amman,as well as the Caves of Raqeem site mentioned in the Qur'an. The population of Sahab in 2015 was 169,434.
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Jordan is a sovereign Arab state in the Middle East. The capital,Amman,is Jordan's most populous city as well as the country's economic,political and cultural centre.
Abdullah Ensour is a Jordanian economist who served as the 40th Prime Minister of Jordan between October 2012 and May 2016. A veteran politician,he has held various cabinet positions in Jordanian government in addition to being prime minister.
Wadi Al-Seer or Wadi as-Seer is an area in the Greater Amman Municipality named after a prehistoric queen that ruled the area,Queen Seer. It consists of ten neighborhoods,some of which are residential,other commercial,or both.
Prince Ghazi bin Muhammad is a Jordanian prince and a professor of philosophy. He is the son of Prince Muhammad bin Talal of Jordan and his first wife,Princess Firyal. He is a grandson of King Talal of Jordan and thus a first cousin of King Abdullah II and eighteenth in the line of succession to the Jordanian throne. He is well known for his religious initiatives,about which a book was published in 2013.
The Amman Citadel is an archeological site at the center of downtown Amman,the capital of Jordan. The L-shaped hill is one of the seven hills (jabals) that originally made up Amman.
Water supply and sanitation in Jordan is characterized by severe water scarcity,which has been exacerbated by forced immigration as a result of the 1948 Arab–Israeli War,the Six-Day War in 1967,the Gulf War of 1990,the Iraq War of 2003 and the Syrian Civil War since 2011. Jordan is considered one of the ten most water scarce countries in the world. High population growth,the depletion of groundwater reserves and the impacts of climate change are likely to aggravate the situation in the future.
Samir Zaid al-Rifai is a Jordanian politician who was the 38th Prime Minister of Jordan from 14 December 2009 to 9 February 2011.
Omrania and Associates (Arabic:عمرانيةوشركاه,also known as Omrania,is an international architectural,engineering,and urban planning firm based in Riyadh,Saudi Arabia. Founded in 1973,it specializes in the design of contextual and high-performance design projects.
Consolidated Consultants Group (CCG) is an international architectural and engineering consultancy firm,specialized in the provision of studies,planning,design and management services in architecture,buildings,infrastructure,transportation,roads,bridges,water and waste water,dams,hydrological analysis and hydraulic structures,with over 600 staff operating in more than 25 countries.
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Amman,Kingdom of Jordan.
Ras al-Ein is one of the 22 administrative sub-districts of the city of Amman,Jordan,as governed by the Greater Amman Municipality.
