Jordan, officially the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, lies in the Southern Levant region of West Asia, bordered by Syria, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Israel and Palestine, with Amman as its capital and largest city. The ruling Hashemite dynasty descends from Sharif Hussein of Mecca, who led the 1916 Arab Revolt against Ottoman rule; Britain recognized the Emirate of Transjordan's independence through the 1946 Treaty of London, and Abdullah I became the kingdom's first monarch after full independence was declared on 25 May 1946. Jordan operates as a unitary parliamentary semi-constitutional monarchy, in which the king holds wide executive and legislative powers, with a bicameral parliament made up of a Senate and House of Representatives. With a 2023 population of about 11.5 million across 89,342 square kilometers, Jordan has hosted large refugee populations since 1948, including some 2.1 million Palestinian and 1.4 million Syrian refugees as of 2015, and its population is about 95 percent Sunni Muslim.
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Government TypeUnitary parliamentary semi-constitutional monarchy 1 Government type (class) Classification
Status (Extant or Former) Jordan
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When did Jordan become independent and when did the United States recognize it?
Jordan declared independence on 25 May 1946 and the United States recognized it on 31 January 1949.
Transjordan had been a mandated territory placed under the protection of Great Britain after World War I, and it declared its independence with Britain's agreement on 25 May 1946. The United States recognized the Kingdom of Transjordan as an independent state in a White House announcement on 31 January 1949, and diplomatic relations were established on 18 February 1949.
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Unitary parliamentary semi-constitutional monarchy
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Amman
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Independence from the United Kingdom 25 May 1946
Jordan: Status
With a 2023 population of about 11.5 million across 89,342 square kilometers, Jordan has hosted large refugee populations since 1948, including some 2.1 million Palestinian and 1.4 million Syrian refugees as of 2015, and its population is about 95 percent Sunni Muslim.
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Jordan, officially the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, is a country in the Southern Levant region of West Asia.
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