WebOverview. Governorates are either fully "urban" or a mixture of "urban" and "rural." The official distinction between "urban" and "rural" is reflected in the lower tiers: that is, fully urban governorates have no regions (), as the markaz is, natively, a conglomeration of villages.Moreover, governorates may comprise just one city, as in the case of Cairo …

Web1994 reform. In 1994, four new governorates were created as part of the administrative divisions system of the Ministry of Interior: Jerash, Ajloun, Madaba and Aqaba.Jerash Governorate and Ajloun Governorate were split from Irbid Governorate, Madaba Governorate was split from Amman Governorate and Aqaba Governorate was split from …

WebNotes: a - Also known as Sanaa City b - Socatra Governorate was created in December 2013 from parts of Hadramaut, data included there . The governorates are subdivided into 333 districts (muderiah), which are subdivided into 1,996 sub-districts, and then into 40,793 villages and 88,817 sub villages (as of 2013).. Before 1990, Yemen existed as two …

WebThe name West Bank is a translation of the Arabic term aḍ-Ḍiffah al-Ġarbiyyah, which designates the territory situated on the western side of the Jordan River that was occupied in 1948 and subsequently annexed in 1950 by the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan.This annexation was widely considered to be illegal, and was recognized only by Iraq, …

WebRegions and governorates before 2011. Before 28 October 2011, Oman was divided into five regions and four governorates (). The governorates were Muscat, Dhofar, Buraimi and Musandam. Buraimi was created in October 2006 from parts of Ad Dhahirah Region. The regions are further subdivided into 61 wilayat.Each region has one or more regional …

WebThis is a list of schools in the Asian country of Jordan (officially the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan), sorted alphabetically by the Jordanian governorate to which each school belongs. This list includes primary schools and secondary schools; tertiary schools are included at the list of universities in Jordan

WebThe Parliament of Jordan (Arabic: مجلس الأمة Majlis Al-Umma) is the bicameral Jordanian national assembly. Established by the 1952 Constitution, the legislature consists of two houses: the Senate (Arabic: مجلس الأعيان Majlis Al-Aayan) and the House of Representatives (Arabic: مجلس النواب Majlis Al-Nuwaab).. The Senate has 65 members, all of whom are …

WebJordan has a population of around 11 million inhabitants as of 2021. Jordanians (Arabic: أردنيون) are the citizens of Jordan.Some 95% percent of Jordanians are Arabs, while the remaining 5% are other ethnic minorities. Around 2.9 million were non-citizens, a figure including refugees, legal and illegal immigrants. The official language is Arabic, while …

WebJordan is situated geographically in Southwest Asia, south of Syria, west of Iraq, northwest of Saudi Arabia, east of Israel.The area is also referred to as the Middle or Near East.The territory of Jordan now covers about 91,880 square kilometres (35,480 sq mi).. Between 1950 and the Six-Day War in 1967, although not widely recognized, Jordan claimed and …

WebThis is a list of degree-granting universities and institutions in the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan sorted alphabetically by the governorate to which each university belongs. Jordan has both private and public universities, many of which are supported by the government of Jordan and their respective provinces.Jordan has a fairly large number of universities for …