Get to know Jordan! Get the facts about its land, products and people.

Official name: Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan

Size:  34,495 square miles ( 89,342 square kilometers); slightly smaller than Indiana

Population: 6,508,271 as of July 2011

Capital: Amman

Official Language: Arabic

Currency: Jordanian dinar

Climate: Mostly dry desert; a rainy season in the west from November to April

Literacy Rate: 89.9%

Religions: 92% Sunni Muslim, 6% Christian, 2% other

Industries: clothing, phosphate mining, fertilizers, medicines, petroleum refining, cement, light manufacturing, tourism

Agricultural Products: citrus, tomatoes, cucumbers, olives, sheep, poultry, stone fruits, strawberries, dairy