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| - CAPITAL: Amman - POPULATION, 5.000.000 - TOTAL AREA: 91,880 sq km (35,475 sq mi) - EXECUTIVE BRANCH: monarch, prime minister, deputy prime minister, Cabinet. |
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| - INDEPENDENCE: 25 May 1946
(from League of Nations mandate under British administration; formerly Transjordan) - CONSTITUTION: 8 January 1952 - INDUSTRIES: phosphate mining, petroleum refining, cement, potash, light manufacturing. |
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ATTRACTIONS: Jordan has historical and archaeological sites, including Jerash, one of the world's best preserved Greco-Roman cities (still undergoing excavation and restoration); Madaba, dating back to the Middle Bronze Age (2000-1500 B. C. ) and mentioned in the Bible as a Moabite town; Petra, the city built of reddish rock formations, lost for centuries until its discovery in the 19th century; and Al Aqabah, established in the 13th century B. C. and Jordan's only seaport. |
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