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General Information:
Official Name: The
Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan.
Population: 5 million (est).
Capital:
Amman.
Main Cites: Amman, Zarqa, Irbid, Salt, Aqaba, and Karak.
Official Language: Arabic, although English is used in commerce and by
many Jordanians.
Visa Requirements:
The Jordanian Visa can
be easily obtained in advance at all
Jordanian Consulates and Embassies all over the world. For some
Nationalities a visa may also be issued on arrival in Jordan at Queen Alia
International Airport, as long as your passport is valid for a minimum of
three months upon your arrival date. Others might need an official
invitation letter to the Jordanian Embassy in their country. Plesae check
our Embassy for exact
situation at a very early time.
Currency:
The official Currency is
the Jordanian Dinar (J.D). The Current Rate of Exchange for the US Dollar
is approximately 0.70 J.D
The Jordanian Dinar (JD) is divided into,
1,000 fils. (Some Jordanians refer to piasters instead of fils) There are
100 piasters to the dinar.
Notes: 500 fils, 1.5, 10, 20, 50
dinars.
Coins: 5, 10, 25, 50, 100, 250, 500 fils.
Transportation:
The Royal
Jordanian Airline links Amman with many of the capitals of Europe, south
Asia and the Arab World, and operates wide-body jets to New York. Many
other international air carriers also operate regulary to Amman. The Queen
Alia international Airport south of Amman is one of the most modern
facilities in the Middle East.
Good international roads link Jordan
with surrounding countries. Daily bus service and weekly Hijaz Railway
trains connect Amman with Damascus. Taxi service is also available.
Travel within Jordan is efficient and enjoyable. A good road system is
constantly being expanded and upgraded, and most of the sites a visitor
would want too see are at most within a few hours drive from Amman.
Jordan’s road signs are marked in English and Arabic, and there are petrol
stations and rest houses at regular intervals throughout the country.
Shopping:
Jordanian handicrafts
represent a traditional of skilled workmanship and folk art that dates
back many thousands of years. The most common Jordanian craft items
include Madaba rugs, carved olivewood, mother- of pearl, cross-stitch
embroidery, and pottery, Hebron glass, silver jewelry, carved stone
animals, Bedouin jewelry and artifacts, old swords and turn of the century
rifles, sheepskin and leather goods and aqaba’s colored sand bottles. A
walk through a downtown souq will bring you in touch with hundreds of
small everyday items that you may wish to take home as an apt souvenir of
you visit to Jordan.
Food and Drink:
Eating well and heartily
is part of the Jordanian tradition, and there are many fine restaurants
that offer a wide selection of authentic Arabic food at reasonable price.
Hotels offer a mixed menu of Arabic and continental cuisine. Dishes to try
are the national dish, mansaf, a whole stewed lamb with cooked yogurt
sauce served on a bed of rice; musakhan, chicken with onions, olive oil,
pine seeds and seasoning cooked in an oven on a thick loaf of Arabic
bread; maglouba, a meat or fish and vegetable stew served with rice; and
of course the basic shish kabab, pieces of lamb, marinated chicken and
patties of minced and spiced lamp meat all cooked over a charcoal fire
with anise flavored liquor that is mixed with water and ice.
Communications:
Excellent direct
telephone, fax and telex communication is available internationally.
Arabic and English Jordanian newspapers as well as foreign publications,
are available at many news stands, Postage stamps can be purchased at
hotels and post offices. Internet connections are available in most
hotels.
Electricity:
220 volts AC, 50cycle.
Time:
Plus two hours
Greenwich Mean Time, Seven hours ahead of U.S. Eastern Standard
Time.
Climate:
Jordan has
a Mediterranean climate with hot, dry summers and mild, wet winters,
although in land it gets progressively drier.
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General Information:
Official Name: The
Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan.
Population: 5 million (est).
Capital:
Amman.
Main Cites: Amman, Zarqa, Irbid, Salt, Aqaba.
Official
Language: Arabic, although English is used in commerce and by many
Jordanians.
Visa Requirements:
The Jordanian Visa can
be easily obtained in advance at all
Jordanian Consulates and Embassies all over the world. For some
Nationalities a visa may also be issued on arrival in Jordan at Queen Alia
International Airport, as long as your passport is valid for a minimum of
three months upon your arrival date. Others might need an official
invitation letter to the Jordanian Embassy in their country. Plesae check
our Embassy for exact
situation at a very early time.
Currency:
The official Currency is
the Jordanian Dinar (J.D). The Current Rate of Exchange for the US Dollar
is approximately 0.70 J.D
The Jordanian Dinar (JD) is divided into,
1,000 fils. (Some Jordanians refer to piasters instead of fils) There are
100 piasters to the dinar.
Notes: 500 fils, 1.5, 10, 20, 50
dinars.
Coins: 5, 10, 25, 50, 100, 250, 500 fils.
Transportation:
The Royal
Jordanian Airline links Amman with many of the capitals of Europe, south
Asia and the Arab World, and operates wide-body jets to New York. Many
other international air carriers also operate regulary to Amman. The Queen
Alia international Airport south of Amman is one of the most modern
facilities in the Middle East.
Good international roads link Jordan
with surrounding countries. Daily bus service and weekly Hijaz Railway
trains connect Amman with Damascus. Taxi service is also available.
Travel within Jordan is efficient and enjoyable. A good road system is
constantly being expanded and upgraded, and most of the sites a visitor
would want too see are at most within a few hours drive from Amman.
Jordan’s road signs are marked in English and Arabic, and there are petrol
stations and rest houses at regular intervals throughout the country.
Shopping:
Jordanian handicrafts
represent a traditional of skilled workmanship and folk art that dates
back many thousands of years. The most common Jordanian craft items
include Madaba rugs, carved olivewood, mother- of pearl, cross-stitch
embroidery, and pottery, Hebron glass, silver jewelry, carved stone
animals, Bedouin jewelry and artifacts, old swords and turn of the century
rifles, sheepskin and leather goods and aqaba’s colored sand bottles. A
walk through a downtown souq will bring you in touch with hundreds of
small everyday items that you may wish to take home as an apt souvenir of
you visit to Jordan.
Food and Drink:
Eating well and heartily
is part of the Jordanian tradition, and there are many fine restaurants
that offer a wide selection of authentic Arabic food at reasonable price.
Hotels offer a mixed menu of Arabic and continental cuisine. Dishes to try
are the national dish, mansaf, a whole stewed lamb with cooked yogurt
sauce served on a bed of rice; musakhan, chicken with onions, olive oil,
pine seeds and seasoning cooked in an oven on a thick loaf of Arabic
bread; maglouba, a meat or fish and vegetable stew served with rice; and
of course the basic shish kabab, pieces of lamb, marinated chicken and
patties of minced and spiced lamp meat all cooked over a charcoal fire
with anise flavored liquor that is mixed with water and ice.
Communications:
Excellent direct
telephone, fax and telex communication is available internationally.
Arabic and English Jordanian newspapers as well as foreign publications,
are available at many news stands, Postage stamps can be purchased at
hotels and post offices. Internet connections are available in most
hotels.
Electricity:
220 volts AC, 50cycle.
Time:
Plus two hours
Greenwich Mean Time, Seven hours ahead of U.S. Eastern Standard
Time.
Climate:
Jordan has
a Mediterranean climate with hot, dry summers and mild, wet winters,
although in land it gets progressively drier.
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