where is jordan

Jordan is a country in the Middle East, officially called the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, located in the Southern Levant region of West Asia.

Quick Scoop: Where Is Jordan?

• Jordan lies at the crossroads of Asia, Africa, and Europe in the Levant area of the Fertile Crescent.

• It is bordered by:
  • Syria to the north.

* Iraq to the east/northeast.

* Saudi Arabia to the south and east.

* Israel and the Palestinian territories (West Bank) to the west.

• The capital and largest city is Amman, in the north‑central part of the country.

• Jordan has a short coastline on the Red Sea at the Gulf of Aqaba in the southwest, near the city of Aqaba.

Simple mental map

If you picture the eastern Mediterranean coast from north to south (Syria–Lebanon–Israel/Palestine), Jordan sits just to the east of Israel/Palestine, with desert stretching further east toward Iraq and Saudi Arabia.

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