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  2. COVID-19 pandemic in Jordan - Wikipedia

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    The COVID-19 pandemic in Jordan was a part of the worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 ( COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 ( SARS-CoV-2 ). On 2 March 2020, the Ministry of Health confirmed the first case in Jordan . As soon as reports about a novel coronavirus in China emerged in early 2020, Jordan's ...

  3. Religion in Jordan - Wikipedia

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    Sunni Islam is the dominant religion in Jordan. Muslims make up about 97.2% of the country's population. [1] [2] A few of them are Shiites. Many Shia in Jordan are refugees from Syria, Lebanon, and Iraq. [3] The country also boasts one of the oldest Christian communities in the world, coexisting with the rest of the population. They made up ...

  4. History of the Jews in Jordan - Wikipedia

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    A nation related to the Israelites, the Edomites (Idumaeans) resided in present-day southern Jordan, between the Dead Sea and the Gulf of Aqaba. Iudaea Province on both sides of the Jordan River in the 1st century. The Hasmonean official Antipater the Idumaean was of Idumean origin. He was the progenitor of the Herodian dynasty that ruled Judea ...

  5. Demographics of Jordan - Wikipedia

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    Demographics of Jordan. Jordan has a population of more than 11.1 million inhabitants as of 2023. [ 1] Jordanians ( Arabic: أردنيون) are the citizens of Jordan. Around 94% of Jordanians are Arabs, while the remaining 6% belong to ethnic minorities, including Circassians, Chechens, Armenians and Kurds. [ 2][ 3] In early 2016 about 30% of ...

  6. Freedom of religion in Jordan - Wikipedia

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    Freedom of religion in Jordan. The Constitution provides for the freedom to practice the rights of one's religion and faith in accordance with the customs that are observed in the kingdom, unless they violate public order or morality. The state religion is Islam. The Government prohibits conversion from Islam and proselytization of Muslims.

  7. Human rights in Jordan - Wikipedia

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    Jordan ranked sixth among the 19 countries in the Middle East and North Africa region, and 50th out of 178 countries worldwide in the 2010 Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) issued by Transparency International, where 1st is the least corrupt. [14] Jordan's 2010 CPI score was 4.7 on a scale from 0 (highly corrupt) to 10 (very clean).

  8. Culture of Jordan - Wikipedia

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    Jordan stands at the intersection of the three continents of the ancient world, lending it geographic and population diversity. Notable aspects of the culture include the traditional music and clothing of Jordan and interest in sports. These include football and basketball as well as other sports such as equestrianism, fencing, karate, swimming ...

  9. Timeline of Jewish history - Wikipedia

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    World Jewish population around 7.7 million, 90% in Europe, mostly Eastern Europe; around 3.5 million in the former Polish provinces. 1881–1884, 1903–1906, 1918–1920. Three major waves of pogroms kill tens of thousands of Jews in Russia and Ukraine. More than two million Russian Jews emigrate in the period 1881–1920.