Jordan

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Codes and identifiers

ISO alpha-2
JO
ISO alpha-3
JOR
ISO numeric
400
FIPS 10-4
JO
GeoNames ID
248816

Key facts

Capital
Amman
Area
92,300 km²
Population
9,956,011
Currency
Dinar (JOD)
Calling code
+962
Top-level domain
.jo
Official languages
ar-JO,en

Continent

Name
Asia
Code
AS
In this dataset
51 countries

Asia in the country atlas

Location

Latitude
31
Longitude
36
Min latitude
29.189950663999994
Min longitude
34.9493851167955
Max latitude
33.3716850790001
Max longitude
39.29199914500009

Boundary

Jordan

The API call behind this page

Request

curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" \
  "https://geosearch.dev/v1/countries/JO?fields=iso_code,iso3_code,name,capital,population,area_sq_km,currency_code,continent_code"

Response

{
  "data": {
    "area_sq_km": 92300,
    "capital": "Amman",
    "continent_code": "AS",
    "currency_code": "JOD",
    "iso3_code": "JOR",
    "iso_code": "JO",
    "name": "Jordan",
    "population": 9956011
  }
}

Formatted for reading. The API returns the same JSON on one line.

Other endpoints for this country

  • /v1/countries/JO/regions
  • /v1/cities?country=JO
  • /v1/postal-codes?country=JO
  • /v1/timezones?country=JO
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Name in other languages

Arabic
الأردن
Chinese
约旦
English
Jordan
French
Jordanie
German
Jordanien
Hindi
जॉर्डन
Italian
Giordania
Japanese
ヨルダン
Korean
요르단
Portuguese
Jordânia
Russian
Иордания
Spanish
Jordania
Total language variants
139

The API returns any of them with ?lang=.

Time zones

IANA ID UTC offset DST offset
Asia/Amman UTC+03:00 UTC+03:00

Postal code format

Format
#####
Pattern
^(\d{5})$

First-level administrative regions

  • Amman Governorate
  • Irbid
  • Muḩāfaz̧at az Zarqā’
  • Muḩāfaz̧at al Balqā’
  • Al Mafraq
  • Jerash
  • Al Karak
  • Muḩāfaz̧at al ‘Aqabah
  • Muḩāfaz̧at Mādabā
  • Muḩāfaz̧at Ma‘ān
  • Muḩāfaz̧at aţ Ţafīlah
  • Ajloun

12 of 12 shown, largest first

Largest cities

City Population
Amman 1,275,857
Zarqa 792,665
Irbid 569,068
Russeifa 268,237
Ḩayy Khildā 251,000
Khuraybat as Sūq 186,158
Wādī as Sīr 181,212
Ar Ramthā 155,693
Ṣuwayliḥ 151,016
‘Ajlūn 125,557

Coverage in this dataset

Cities
1,756
First-level regions
12
Postal codes
0
Name languages
139
Boundary polygon
Yes

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