PLACE IN NEWS – JORDAN
PLACE IN NEWS – JORDAN
IN NEWS
- World Health Organization (WHO) declared Jordan as the first country in the world to eliminate leprosy.
POLITICAL FEATURES
- Capital - Amman
- Location: in the north of the Arabian Peninsula and in West Asia.
- Bordering Nations: Syria, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Israel, Palestine (West Bank).
- Bordering water bodies: Jordan river, Dead Sea and Gulf of Aqaba.
- Highest Point - Jabal Umm Ad Dami
- Rivers – Yarmuk River, Jordan river