Jordan

Jordan , or what is known as the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan , an independent Arab state located southwest Asia, locating and mediates the Middle East in the southern part of the Levant , and northern region of the Arabian Peninsula .

Common borders with Syria to the north, historic Palestine ( the West Bank and Israel) to the west, Iraq to the east , bordered by the east and south of Saudi Arabia, also overlooking the Gulf of Aqaba in the south-west , where overlooking the city of Aqaba on the Red Sea , this is considered the only sea port of Jordan.

Named Jordan proportion to the Jordan River , which passes on its western border , Jordan is a country that combines cultures and dialects different Arab remarkably , not separating any natural boundaries for its Arab neighbors but to the Jordan River and the Yarmouk River which form respectively part of its border with Palestine and Syria.

The rest of the border is an extension of the Syrian Desert in the north and east , and the influence of desert in the south, and Wadi Araba to the south - west . Terrain varies dramatically in Jordan , the most important mountains of Ajloun mountains in the north - west , and the mountains of purchasers in the south, the highest peak on Mount bloody or 1854 meters , and the lowest point in the Dead Sea , which is the lowest point in the world.

Foundations Prince Abdullah bin Al-Hussein in 1921 , the Emirate of Transjordan was subject at the time of the British Mandate , resigned in 1946 and proclaimed Prince Abdullah king , I knew since then on behalf of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan .

The Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan is a constitutional monarchy with representative government . King exercises his executive authority through the Prime Minister and Council of Ministers , which at the same time , he is responsible to the House of Representatives (elected ) and the Senate ( appointed by the King ) , who form the legislative power of the state. There is also an independent judiciary .

Jordan participated Madrid Conference in 1991 , and after the Palestinians signed the Oslo Accords with the Israeli side holding Jordan's peace treaty with Israel in 1994.