Governorates of Jordan

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{{short description|Administrative subdivisions of Jordan}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2022}}
{{Politics of Jordan}}
[[Jordan]] is divided into twelve historical regions (''[[muhafazah|almanatiq altaarikhia]]''), further subdivided into districts (''[[Liwa (Arabic)|liwa]]''), and often into sub-districts (''[[qada (sub-district)|qada]]'').<ref name="Revit">{{Cite web |title= Annex B: Analysis of the municipal sector |work= Third Tourism Development Project, Secondary Cities Revitalization Study |date= 24 May 2005 |page=4 |publisher= Ministry of Antiquities and Tourism, Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan |url= http://www.mota.gov.jo/Documents/Municipal_sector.pdf |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160419052114/http://mota.gov.jo/Documents/Municipal_sector.pdf |archive-date= 19 April 2016 |url-status= live |df= dmy }}</ref>

==1994 reform==
In 1994, four new governorates were created as part of the administrative divisions system of the Ministry of Interior: [[Jerash Governorate|Jerash]], [[Ajloun Governorate|Ajloun]], [[Madaba Governorate|Madaba]] and [[Aqaba Governorate|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]].<ref name="Revit"/>

==Geographical regions vs. metropolitan areas==
Geographically, the governorates of [[Jordan]] are located in one of three regions (aqalim): 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, Jordan|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==
[[File:Jordan, administrative divisions - Nmbrs - monochrome.svg|thumb|Map of the governorates of Jordan]]
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! colspan="10" style="background:#c0d0f0;" align="center" | Governorates of Jordan
|-
!
!Governorate
!Area<ref name="2012AreaDensity">{{cite web |url=http://www.dos.gov.jo/dos_home_a/main/2004/2012/2-6.pdf |title=Estimated Population of the Kingdom, Area (Km2) and Population Density by Governorate, at End-year 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131227164446/http://www.dos.gov.jo/dos_home_a/main/2004/2012/2-6.pdf |archive-date=27 December 2013 |url-status=dead |publisher=Department of Statistics - Jordan |date=2012 |access-date=17 October 2021}}</ref> (km2)
!Population (2022)<ref name="2012Population">{{cite web |url=http://www.dos.gov.jo/dos_home_a/main/2004/2012/2-3.pdf |title=Estimated Population of the Kingdom by Urban* and Rural, at End-year 2012 |publisher=Department of Statistics - Jordan |date=2012 |access-date=27 December 2013 |archive-date=27 December 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131227153159/http://www.dos.gov.jo/dos_home_a/main/2004/2012/2-3.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref>
!Density<ref name="2012AreaDensity" />
!Annual Change (%)
!Capital
|-
| ||'''North Region'''|| || || || ||
|-
|1||[[Irbid Governorate|Irbid]]||align=right|1,572 ||align=right|2,050,300 || align="right" |1304/km2
|align=right| +4.7%||[[Irbid]]
|-
|2||[[Ajloun Governorate|Ajloun]]|| align=right|420 ||align=right|204,000 || align="right" |485.7/km2
|align=right| +3.19%||[[Ajloun]]
|-
|3||[[Jerash Governorate|Jerash]]||align=right|410 ||align=right|274,500 || align="right" |669.5/km2
|align=right| +3.42%||[[Jerash]]
|-
|4||[[Mafraq Governorate|Mafraq]]||align=right|26,551 ||align=right|637,000 || align="right" |23.99/km2
|align=right| +5.72%||[[Mafraq]]
|-
| ||'''Central Region'''|| || || || ||
|-
|5||[[Balqa Governorate|Balqa]]|| align="right" |1,120 || align="right" |569,500 || align="right" |508.5/km2
| align="right" | +2.93%||[[Salt, Jordan|Salt]]
|-
|6||[[Amman Governorate|Amman]]|| align="right" |7,579 || align="right" |4,642,000 || align="right" |612.5/km2
| align="right" | +5.18%||[[Amman]]
|-
|7||[[Zarqa Governorate|Zarqa]]|| align="right" |4,761 || align="right" |1,581,000 || align="right" |332.1/km2
| align="right" | +4.3%||[[Zarqa]]
|-
|8||[[Madaba Governorate|Madaba]]|| align="right" |940 || align="right" |219,100 || align="right" |233.1/km2
| align="right" | +3.07%||[[Madaba]]
|-
| ||'''South Region'''|| || || || ||
|-
|9||[[Karak Governorate|Karak]]|| align="right" |3,495 || align="right" |366,700 || align="right" |104.9/km2
| align="right" | +3.45%||[[Al Karak]]
|-
|10||[[Tafilah Governorate|Tafilah]]|| align="right" | 2,209|| align="right" |111,500 || align="right" |50.48/km2
| align="right" | +2.3%||[[Tafilah]]
|-
|11||[[Ma'an Governorate|Ma'an]]|| align="right" |32,832 || align="right" |183,500 || align="right" |5.589/km2
| align="right" | +3.94%||[[Ma'an]]
|-
|12||[[Aqaba Governorate|Aqaba]]|| align="right" |6,905 || align="right" |217,900 || align="right" |31.56/km2
| align="right" | +4.49%||[[Aqaba]]
|-
| ||'''HK of Jordan: (total)'''|| align="right" |'''88,794'''|| align="right" |'''11,057,000'''|| align="right" |'''124.5/km2'''
| align="right" |'''+4.58%'''||[[Amman]]
|}

==See also==
* [[Nahias of Jordan]]
* [[List of cities in Jordan]]
*[[List of Jordanian governorates by Human Development Index]]
* [[ISO 3166-2:JO]]

==References==
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