Governorates of Jordan
Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Politics of Jordan Jordan is divided into twelve historical regions (almanatiq altaarikhia), further subdivided into districts (liwa), and often into sub-districts (qada).<ref name="Revit">Template:Cite web</ref>
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.<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, 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
| Governorates of Jordan | |||||||||
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| Governorate | Area<ref name="2012AreaDensity">Template:Cite web</ref> (km2) | Population (2022)<ref name="2012Population">Template:Cite web</ref> | Density<ref name="2012AreaDensity" /> | Annual Change (%) | Capital | ||||
| North Region | |||||||||
| 1 | Irbid | 1,572 | 2,050,300 | 1304/km2 | +4.7% | Irbid | |||
| 2 | Ajloun | 420 | 204,000 | 485.7/km2 | +3.19% | Ajloun | |||
| 3 | Jerash | 410 | 274,500 | 669.5/km2 | +3.42% | Jerash | |||
| 4 | Mafraq | 26,551 | 637,000 | 23.99/km2 | +5.72% | Mafraq | |||
| Central Region | |||||||||
| 5 | Balqa | 1,120 | 569,500 | 508.5/km2 | +2.93% | Salt | |||
| 6 | Amman | 7,579 | 4,642,000 | 612.5/km2 | +5.18% | Amman | |||
| 7 | Zarqa | 4,761 | 1,581,000 | 332.1/km2 | +4.3% | Zarqa | |||
| 8 | Madaba | 940 | 219,100 | 233.1/km2 | +3.07% | Madaba | |||
| South Region | |||||||||
| 9 | Karak | 3,495 | 366,700 | 104.9/km2 | +3.45% | Al Karak | |||
| 10 | Tafilah | 2,209 | 111,500 | 50.48/km2 | +2.3% | Tafilah | |||
| 11 | Ma'an | 32,832 | 183,500 | 5.589/km2 | +3.94% | Ma'an | |||
| 12 | Aqaba | 6,905 | 217,900 | 31.56/km2 | +4.49% | Aqaba | |||
| HK of Jordan: (total) | 88,794 | 11,057,000 | 124.5/km2 | +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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