Top 10 Amazing Facts About Jordan
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Welcome to Countries Facts so Today I'm talking about top 10 amazing facts about Jordan so jordan is an arab country of southwest asia and it's in the rocky desert of the northern arabian peninsula i'm really excited to explore this country with you guys for the very first time hey guys and you're watching Countries Facts and we've been getting a ton of requests for us to feature jordan and it's a very special country you'll definitely see why by the end of this Articlr so make sure you watch all the way until the end so you don't miss any of these surprising and interesting facts about jordan okay so let's get into this video we're starting off with fact.
1 Jordan is actually a young state that occupies an ancient land the land it bears traces of many civilizations as a matter of fact it is a middle eastern country on the east bank of the jordan river and it's also almost pretty much land locked with a very small access point to the red sea and the country is bordered by palestine israel iraq syria saudi arabia and the dead sea also it's said that jordan is among the most politically liberal countries of the arab world and although it does have its part in some of the troubles that affects the middle east while the rulers of jordan have expressed that they are really really committed to maintaining peace and stability in the area the next thing to look at is the majority of the people by far are arabs in Jordan.
2 Jordan mainly these people are jordanians and palestinians there also is a large minority of bedouins who were the largest indigenous group before the large amount of palestinians came into the country following the arab israeli wars of 1948 to 1949 and also 1967. now there's other majorities in the country including syrian refugees who fled to jordan because of the syrian civil war and the influx of iraqis that you'll find in jordan was because iraqis had fled to jordan as a result of the persian gulf war and the iraq war moving on now to fact.
3 When it comes to the languages of jordan nearly all the people of course speak arabic and it is the country's official language however in saying this so there are variety of dialects that are spoken in jordan all of which have variations in their accents with that said they are easily understood though and similar to the type of levantine arabic that's spoken in parts of palestine lebanon and well as syria you'll also notice though as all parts of the arab world.
4 There is a significant difference between the written language known as modern standard arabic and the everyday spoken form of arabic when it comes to the religion virtually the entire population of jordan follows the sunni muslim faith christianity makes up most of the rest of the population and amongst christianity two-thirds follow the greek orthodox church teachings there's also the druze and the jews are considered to be an offshoot of the ismaili shia sect of islam and they number in the few hundreds and they reside in the area around amman which is the capital of jordan about a thousand baha'i also live in the jordan valley moving on from religion in jordan to the food delicious let's get into this cuisine a little bit the country's cuisine features dishes using beans olive oil yogurt and garlic.
5 Jordan's two most popular dishes are musa khan which is lamb or mutton and rice with a yogurt sauce and montsoff which is chicken cooked with onions which are both served on holidays and other special occasions but hey either way they're good all year round you're going to also find cubs which is flat bread with vegetable dips grilled meats and stews and this is served with sweet tea or coffee flavored with cardamom very interesting style of cuisine over in jordan but we've reached halfway in this Article just gotta let you guys know if you don't know already we do have a another section to filled with Article similar to this where we talk about the different countries of our world i'll link to it below in the Article and comment section so you can search through it and learn about your favorite countries continuing now with fact.
6 Jordan actually occupies an area that is very rich in archaeological remains as well as religious traditions the jordan desert was home to the hunters from the early paleolithic period their flint tools have been found widely distributed throughout the entire region and in the south eastern part of the country specifically at the point of mount alto bike rock carvings date from several prehistoric period the earliest of which have been attributed to the paleolithic and mesolithic era another interesting fact about jordan coming up at.
7 That jordan's capital was actually once known as philadelphia not philadelphia in the united states but actually how the story goes behind the naming of the city was that the name of the egyptian pharaoh was ptolemy philadelphus and he ruled between 283 and 246 bc and he built the city before it was conquered by the romans so at that time it was philadelphia but now it is amman also due to the huge significance throughout human civilization jordan contains a wealth of historical and cultural importance i alluded to this a little bit earlier on it's also home to beautiful natural landscapes and speaking of that though there are five official unesco world heritage sites in Jordan.
8 Jordan a world heritage site is considered and recognized by unesco world heritage convention as a place of important natural or cultural heritage there's the petra and wadi room and those are two famous world heritage sites found in jordan the other three are kaiser amra which is an 8th century desert castle there's um which is an ancient roman archaeological site and the al-maghtas also known as bethany beyond jordan and it's a place believed to be where jesus christ was baptized for fact.
9 Let's look at the flag the flag of the nation of jordan comprises three horizontal rectangles in black white and green there is a red triangle that's found on the right hand side with a white seven-point star in the center of it each of the points on the star represent a verse of the opening seven verses of the quran which is known as sura al-fatiha and each of the rectangles represent a caliphate that ruled in jordan during its history the black rectangle represents the abbasid caliphate the white rectangle represents the umed caliphate and the green rectangle represents the fatimid caliphate the red triangle is a symbol of the great arab revolt which happened in 1916 and this flag was officially established as the flag of jordan in the year 1928 specifically on the date of april 18. now ending off this episode with fact.
10 You can actually walk through the entire country from north to south literally you can actually go hike through the entire country straight through the jordan trail allows you to walk from north to south of jordan on foot 402 miles which is about 647 kilometers long in entirety it stretches from the ice in the north all the way to acaba in the south it takes approximately 40 days to complete this entire journey though and it's made up of eight different sections and goes past several famous landmarks such as petra and wadi room like we mentioned earlier and that's it guys this concludes this Article 10 surprising facts about jordan really hope you enjoyed it it was definitely a very interesting Article and really cool country to explore.
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