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GeographyLocation: Middle East, northwest of Saudi Arabia
Area: Land boundaries: total 1,619 km, Iraq 181 km, Israel 238 km, Saudi Arabia 728 km, Syria375 km, West Bank 97 km Coastline: 26 km
PeoplePopulation: 4,100,709 (July 1995 est.)
Age structure:
Population growth rate: 2.69% (1995 est.) Birth rate: 37.32 births/1,000 population Death rate: 4.02 deaths/1,000 population Net migration rate: -6.4 migrant(s)/1,000 population Infant mortality rate: 32.3 deaths/1,000 live births
Life expectancy at birth:
Total fertility rate: 5.25 children born/woman Ethnic divisions: Arab 98%, Circassian 1%, Armenian 1% Religions: Sunni Muslim 92%, Christian 8% Languages: Arabic (official), English widely understood among upper and middleclasses
Literacy:
age 15 and over can read and write (1991)
Government
Names:
Type: constitutional monarchy Capital: Amman Independence: 25 May 1946 (from League of Nations mandate under British administration) Constitution: 8 January 1952
EconomyNational product: GDP - purchasing power parity - $17 billion National product real growth rate: 5.5% National product per capita: $4,280 Inflation rate (consumer prices): 6% Unemployment rate: 16%
Electricity:
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| The Mother Nature was kind to Olympic athletes and spectators. The average high temperature during the Games was 89 degrees with an average low of 72 degrees. Highest temperature registered (20 July) - 99 degrees. Lowest high temperature registered is 79 degrees (28 July). |