JORDAN JORDAN REGION MIDDLE EAST NATURAL RESOURCES INDUSTRY AGRICULTURE GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION GLOBAL RELATIONS DATE OF INDEPENDENCE MAY 25 1946 FROM A LEAGUE OF NATIONS MANDATE UNDER BRITISH ADMINISTRATION DATE OF CURRENT CONSTITUTION JANUARY 8 1952 POPULATION 4561147 1999 EST AREA 34342 SQ MI CAPITAL AMMAN FORM OF GOVERNMENT CONSTITUTIONAL MONARCHY NATURAL RESOURCES PHOSPHATES POTASH SHALE OIL MAIN INDUSTRIES PETROLEUM PROCESSING PHOSPHATE MINING CEMENT LIGHT MANUFACTURING AGRICULTURE WHEAT BARLEY TOMATOES MELONS OLIVES SHEEP GOATS POULTRY CURRENCY DINAR GDP 15.5 BILLION 1998 EST GDP PER CAPITA 3500 1998 EST LANGUAGES ARABIC OFFICIAL RELIGIONS ISLAM SUNNISM CHRISTIANITY LITERACY RATE 87 LIFE EXPECTANCY 71 YEARS MALE 75 YEARS FEMALE BIRTHRATE 34 PER 1000 POPULATION DEATH RATE 4 PER 1000 POPULATION
