Back جغرافيا الأردن Arabic Xeografía de Xordania AST İordaniya coğrafiyası Azerbaijani География на Йордания Bulgarian জর্ডানের ভূগোল Bengali/Bangla جوگرافیای ئوردن CKB Γεωγραφία της Ιορδανίας Greek Geografía de Jordania Spanish جغرافیای اردن Persian Géographie de la Jordanie French
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Jordan is situated geographically in West Asia, south of Syria, west of Iraq, northwest of Saudi Arabia, east of Israel and the Palestinian territory of the West Bank. The area is also referred to as the Middle or Near East. Its territory covers about 91,880 square kilometres (35,480 sq mi).
Between 1950 and the Six-Day War in 1967, although not widely recognized, Jordan claimed and administered an additional 5,880 square kilometres (2,270 sq mi) encompassing the West Bank; in 1988 and with continuing Israeli occupation, King Hussein relinquished Jordan's claim to the West Bank in favor of the Palestinians.
Jordan's only coastline at its southern extremity, where nearly 26 kilometres (16 mi) of shoreline along the Gulf of Aqaba provides access to the Red Sea.
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