page_title: Outline of Jordan
section_title: Geography of Jordan
hierarchical_section_title: Outline of Jordan / Geography of Jordan
caption_attribution_description: Topographic map of Jordan. Created with GMT from SRTM data.
context_page_description: The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Jordan:
  Jordan – country located in Southwest Asia, bordering Syria to the north, Iraq to the north-east, Israel and the Palestinian territories to the west, and Saudi Arabia to the east and south. It shares the coastlines of the Dead Sea with Israel and the Gulf of Aqaba with Israel, Saudi Arabia and Egypt. Jordan is a constitutional monarchy with representative government. The reigning monarch is the head of state, the chief executive and the commander-in-chief of the armed forces. The king exercises his executive authority through the prime ministers and the Council of Ministers, or cabinet. The cabinet, meanwhile, is responsible before the elected House of Deputies which, along with the House of Notables, constitutes the legislative branch of the government. The judicial branch is an independent branch of the government.
context_section_description: Geography of Jordan
  Jordan is: an Arab country
  Location:
  Northern Hemisphere and Eastern Hemisphere
  Eurasia
  Asia
  Southwest Asia
  Middle East
  The Levant
  Time zone:  UTC+02, summer UTC+03
  Extreme points of Jordan
  High:  Jabal Umm ad Dami 1,854 m (6,083 ft)
  Low:  Dead Sea −412 m (−1,352 ft) – lowest point on the surface of the Earth
  Land boundaries:  1,635 km
   Saudi Arabia 744 km
   Syria 375 km
   Israel 238 km
   Iraq 181 km
   Palestinian territories 97 km
  Coastline:  Gulf of Aqaba 26 km
  Population of Jordan: 5,924,000  - 104th most populous country
  Area of Jordan: 89,342 km²
  Atlas of Jordan
caption: A topographic map of Jordan
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