Governorates of Jordan

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Jordan is divided into three regions, further into twelve governorates (muhafatha), further subdivided into districts (liwa), and often into sub-districts ().[1]

1994 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 Ma'an Governorate.[1]

Geographical regions vs. metropolitan areas[]

Geographically, the governorates of Jordan are located in one of three regions: the North Region, Central Region and the South Region. The three geographical regions are not distributed by area or populations, but rather by geographical connectivity and distance among the population centres. The South Region is separated from the Central Region by the Mountains of Moab in Karak Governorate. The population centres of the Central and North Region are separated geographically by the mountains of Jerash Governorate.

Socially, the population centres of Amman, Salt, Zarqa and Madaba form together one large metropolitan area in which business interactions in these cities are under the influence of Amman, while the cities of Jerash, Ajloun, and Mafraq are mostly under the influence of the city of Irbid.

The 12 governorates[]

Map of the governorates of Jordan
Governorates of Jordan
Governorate Area[2] (km2) Population[3] Urban[3] Rural[3] Density[2] (people/km2) HDI 2015[4] Capital
North Region
1 Irbid 1,572 1,137,100 943,000 194,100 723.4 0.740 Irbid
2 Ajloun 420 146,900 111,500 35,400 350.1 0.742 Ajloun
3 Jerash 410 191,700 120,100 71,600 467.8 0.734 Jerash
4 Mafraq 26,551 300,300 117,800 182,500 11.3 0.717 Mafraq
North Region: total 28,953 1,776,000 1,292,400 483,600 61.3
Central Region
5 Balqa 1,120 428,000 307,400 120,600 382.0 0.739 Salt
6 Amman 7,579 2,473,400 2,325,500 147,900 326.3 0.752 Amman
7 Zarqa 4,761 951,800 899,800 52,000 199.9 0.731 Zarqa
8 Madaba 940 159,700 114,000 45,700 170.0 0.735 Madaba
Central Region: total 14,400 4,012,900 3,646,700 366,200 278.7
South Region
9 Karak 3,495 249,100 87,200 161,900 71.3 0.739 Al Karak
10 Tafilah 2,209 89,400 63,800 25,600 40.5 0.731 Tafilah
11 Ma'an 32,832 121,400 66,600 54,800 3.7 0.698 Ma'an
12 Aqaba 6,905 139,200 119,700 19,500 20.2 0.739 Aqaba
South Region: total 45,441 599,100 337,300 261,800 13.2
HK of Jordan: total 88,794 6,388,000 5,276,400 (82.6%) 1,111,600 (17.4%) 71.9 0.741 Amman

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ a b "Annex B: Analysis of the municipal sector" (PDF). Third Tourism Development Project, Secondary Cities Revitalization Study. Ministry of Antiquities and Tourism, Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan. 24 May 2005. p. 4. Archived (PDF) from the original on 19 April 2016.
  2. ^ a b "Estimated Population of the Kingdom, Area (Km2) and Population Density by Governorate, at End-year 2012" (PDF). Department of Statistics - Jordan. 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-12-27. Retrieved 2021-10-17.
  3. ^ a b c "Estimated Population of the Kingdom by Urban* and Rural, at End-year 2012" (PDF). Department of Statistics - Jordan. 2012. Retrieved 27 December 2013.
  4. ^ "Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab". hdi.globaldatalab.org. Retrieved 2018-09-17.
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