الله، الوطن، الملك (Arabic) Allah, Al-Waṭan, Al-Malik "God, Country, The King" | |||||
| Anthem | "شرف في النسب Šarafun fī n-nasabi
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| Capital | Amman (Administrative) Mecca (Legislative & Religious) | ||||
| Largest city | Jeddah | ||||
| Other cities | Medina | ||||
| Language official |
Arabic | ||||
| others | National:
Recognised
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| Religion main |
Islam (Official) | ||||
| others | Christianity Druze Baháʼí | ||||
| Ethnic Groups main |
Arabs | ||||
| others | Druze, Circassians, Armenians | ||||
| Demonym | Hashemite Hashemite Arabian Hashemite Arab Jordanian Hejazi | ||||
| Government | Constitutional Monarchy | ||||
| Legislature | Parliament (House of Representatives & Senate) | ||||
| King of Jordan and Hejaz | Abdullah II | ||||
| Royal house: | House of Hashim | ||||
| Prime Minister | Abdullah Ensour | ||||
| Population | approx. 72,000,000 | ||||
| Currency | Dinar | ||||
| Organizations | Arab Leauge, Organisation of Islamic Cooperation | ||||
The Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan and Hejaz, also known as Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan-Hejaz, Hashemite Arab Kingdom of Jordan and Hejaz, Hashemite Arab Kingdom of Jordan-Hejaz, Jordan and Hejaz, Jordan-Hejaz, Kingdom of Hashemite Arabia, and Hashemite Arabia, is a state in the Western Arabian peninsula & the Levant, ruled by the descendants of Hussein ibn Ali, the Sharif and Emir of Mecca, who allied with the British, Americans, French, Italians, Greeks & the Jewish Zionists during World War One against the Ottoman Turks and the Germans.
The Kingdom was founded after the Hashemites defeated their rivals, the Saudi Sultans of Nejd.
The country borders Egypt, Israel, Palestine and Lebanon to the West, Syria to the North, Iraq to the East & Saudi Arabia to the South.
The country's main allies are the United Kingdom, the United States, the United Arab Emirates, Oman, India, Malaysia, Indonesia, Egypt, Tunisia, Morocco, the Imperial State of Persia (Iran), Lebanon, Palestine, &, the State of Israel.
Its real world equivalents are Jordan, and the Hejaz region of Saudi Arabia.