AREA |
POPULATION |
CAPITAL |
LANGUAGES |
RELIGIONS |
CURRENCY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
34,444 sq miles |
4.2 Million |
Amman |
Arabic |
93% Islam, 5% Christianity |
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CLIMATE |
(Average Temperature Centigrade) | |||||||||||
January |
9 |
March |
12 |
May |
21 |
July |
25 |
September |
24 |
November |
16 |
|
February |
10 |
April |
17 |
June |
23 |
August |
25 |
October |
21 |
December |
10 |
|
PRECIPITATION |
Amman has a much lower rainfall and longer dry season than the Mediterranean lands to the west |
The average annual rainfall reaches 11inches |
Dry season from April to November |
| PUBLIC HOLIDAYS | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Holiday | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 |
| New Year | *01.01 | *01.01 | *01.01 | *01.01 | *01.01 |
| Eid-ul-Adha | *12.02 | *02.02 | *21.01 | *10.01 | *20.12 |
| El am Hejir New Year | *05.03 | *22.02 | *10.02 | *31.01 | *20.01 |
| Labour Day | *01.05 | *01.05 | *01.05 | *01.05 | *01.05 |
| Prophet's Anniversary - Eid-Milad Nnabi | *14.05 | *02.05 | *21.04 | *11.04 | *31.05 |
| Independence Day | *25.05 | *25.05 | *25.05 | *25.05 | *25.05 |
| Accession of His Majesty Abdullah | *09.06 | *09.06 | *09.06 | *09.06 | *09.06 |
| Great Arab Revolution | *10.06 | *10.06 | *10.06 | *10.06 | *10.06 |
| King Hussein's Birthday | *14.11 | *14.11 | *14.11 | *14.11 | *14.11 |
| End of Ramadan | *26.11 | *14.11 | *03.11 | *24.10 | *13.10 |
| New Year's Eve | *31.12 | *31.12 | *31.12 | *31.12 | *31.12 |
*Dates are in DDMM format
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