JORDAN

Jordan is an Arab Muslim country, located in the north

of the Arabian Peninsula and in West Asia. Bordered by
Syria to the north, Iraq to the east, Saudi Arabia to the
south and south-east, and Palestine (the West Bank) to
the west. Jordan is named to the Jordan River, which
passes on its western border, and Amman is capital.

Official language:
The official language is Arabic, and English is the first
foreign language.

Regime:
Regime in the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
parliament heritable Royal. Sits Majesty King Abdullah II
on the throne of the Kingdom of the top three
authorities, also serves as the supreme commander of
the armed force.
 Jordan flag:
Flag symbolizes the roots of the Kingdom strike in the
Great Arab Revolution (1916), As it adapted from its
flag. Represent the colors black, white and green of the
Abbasids and Umayyads and the Fatimids of Arabs,
while the red triangle, which combines parts of the flag
represents the Hashemite family. The Islamic Seven star
in the middle of the red triangle symbolizes to Al-Fatiha
in Holy Quran.

Population of Christianity
Virtually the entire population is Sunni Muslim; Christians constitute most of
the rest, of whom two-thirds adhere to the Greek Orthodox church. Other
Christian groups include the Greek Catholics, also called the Melchites, or
Catholics of the Byzantine rite, who recognize the supremacy of the Roman
pope; the Roman Catholic community, headed by a pope-appointed patriarch;
and the small Syrian Orthodox Patriarchate of Antioch, or Syrian Jacobite
Church, whose members use Syriac in their liturgy. Most non-Arab Christians
are Armenians, and the majority belong to the Gregorian, or Armenian,
Orthodox church, while the rest attend the Armenian Catholic Church. There
are several Protestant denominations representing communities whose
converts came almost entirely from other Christian sects.