{"id":26972,"date":"2025-12-15T12:33:16","date_gmt":"2025-12-15T07:03:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=26972"},"modified":"2025-12-15T16:05:42","modified_gmt":"2025-12-15T10:35:42","slug":"jordan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/jordan\/","title":{"rendered":"Key Facts About Jordan"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Jordan Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recently, the Prime Minister of India has embarked on a three-nation visit to Jordan, Ethiopia and Oman.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Jordan<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Location:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It is a landlocked country located in the rocky desert of the <\/span><b>northern Arabian Peninsula.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Bordering Countries:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It is bordered by 5 Nations: <\/span><b>Syria<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in the north, <\/span><b>Iraq<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in the east, <\/span><b>Saudi Arabia <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in the south and southeast and <\/span><b>Israel <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and <\/span><b>Palestine <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in the west.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Water bodies:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Dead Sea, the Gulf of Aqaba and the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/sea-of-galilee\/\" target=\"_blank\">Sea of Galilee.<\/a><\/strong><\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><b>Dead Sea<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is located along the <\/span><b>western borders<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of the country.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Ports:<\/b> <b>Al-Aqabah,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> the only port of Jordan is located in the south-western part of the country along the coasts of the Gulf of Aqaba.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Capital City:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Amman<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>Geographical Features of Jordan<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Terrain:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It has <\/span><b>arid desert plateau<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">; a great north-south geological rift along the west of the country is the dominant topographical feature.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Highest Point:<\/b> <b>Jabal Umm ad Dami<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is the highest point of Jordan.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Rivers:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The <\/span><b>Jordan River<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> which drains into the Dead Sea.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Natural Resources:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It mainly consists of phosphates, potash and shale oil.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source: <\/b><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/ddnews.gov.in\/en\/pm-modi-to-visit-jordan-ethiopia-and-oman-from-december-15-18\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">DD News<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jordan  is a landlocked country located in the rocky desert of the northern Arabian Peninsula. 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