Jordan | History, Population, Flag, Map, King, & Facts

Jordan, Arab country of Southwest Asia, in the rocky desert of the northern Arabian Peninsula. Part of the Ottoman Empire until 1918 and later a mandate of the United Kingdom, Jordan has been an independent kingdom since 1946. The capital and largest city in the country is Amman.

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