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Jordan      Country: Jordan Internet: .jo Continent: Asia / Middle East Government URL: http://www.parliament.gov.jo Area: 92300 sq km Population: 5,906,760 (CIA World Factbook est as of 2006) Population: 5837.411 (United Nations est as of 2006, in thousands) Population Men: 3031.967 Population Women: 2805.444 Annual Growth Rate: 2.743 % Birth Rate: 21.25 % Death Rate: 2.65 % Life Expectancy: 78.4 years Infant Mortality Rate: 16.76 % Fertility Rate: 2.63 % HIV AIDS Adult Prev Rate: 0.1 % HIV AIDS Living With: 600 HIV AIDS Deaths: 500 Labor Force: 1,512,000 Unemployment Rate: 15 % GDP Per Capita: $4,900 GDP Purchasing Power: $28,890,000,000 GDP Real Growth: 4.6 Industrial Growth: 6 Inflation Rate CP: 4.6 % Investment Gross Fixed: 24.8 Public Debt: 79.9 Capital: Amman Capital Population: 2677500 (metro area) / 1293200 Capital Coordinates: 31 57 N, 35 56 E UTC Offset: 2 Washington D.C. UTC Offset Note: 7 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time Daylight Saving Time: +1hr, begins last Thursday in March; ends last Friday in September Merchant Marine: 25 (total ships 1,000 GRT or over) Roadways: 7500 km Railways: 505 km Airports: 17 (total paved or unpaved) Internet Users: 629500 Internet Hosts: 3441 Telephones Mobile: 1,594,500 Telephones Main: 617300 Debt External: $9,071,000,000 Foreign Exchange Reserves: $5,550,000,000 Imports: $10,420,000,000 Exports: $4,798,000,000 Current Account Balance: -$2,834,000,000 Natural Gas Reserves: 6,230,000,000 Natural Gas Imports: 1,100,000,000 Natural Gas Exports: 0 Natural Gas Consumption: 1,410,000,000 Natural Gas Production: 310,000,000 Electricity Consumption: 8,387,000,000 Electricity Production: 8,431,000,000 Oil Consumption: 107,000 Oil Exports: 0 Oil Imports: 100,000 Oil Production: 0 Oil Reserves: 445,000  Map of Jordan

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