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   Note: This section last updated 14th March 2021

   1,234.45

(where . indicates the decimal separator and , the thousands separator)

   ۱٫۲۳۴٬۴۵

(where ٬ indicates the decimal separator and ٫ the thousands separator)

   Note: This section last updated 4th May 2021

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The national language is Standard Arabic . There are 44 280 (1.2%) speakers of Adyghe ; 700 000 (17.8%) speakers of Levantine Bedawi Spoken Arabic ; 50 000 (1.3%) speakers of Najdi Spoken Arabic and 3 500 000 (88.7%) speakers of South Levantine Spoken Arabic .

The forms of address used in Jordan are written:

   Mr      Sayid
   Mrs     Sayeda
   Miss    Anesa

People with an engineering degree are addressed

   Al’Muhandis [name] (male)
   Al’Muhandisah [name] (female)

and doctors are addressed:

   Duktor [name] (male)
   Duktorah [name] (female)

   Tables of forms of address  can be acquired

   A table containing information about the relevant position of elements within address blocks can be acquired 

The postal code consists of a block of 5 digits. The first indicates the region, the second the department, the third a zone, the fourth a sector and the last a unit (quarter or village).

Codes do not begin with 0 or numbers in the range 79-98.

   Metadata containing postal code formatting rules, exceptions and regular expressions can be acquired 

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   Note: This section last updated 21st October 2016

Refer to Exonyms in Jordan for full lists of place names in Jordan in other languages.

   Alternate place name forms/postal code tables can be acquired at http://www.grcdi.nl/settlements.htm 

   Other language place name data can be acquired at http://www.grcdi.nl/otherlanguageplace.htm 

Jordan has twelve governorates (muhafazat, singular - muhafazah). They are:

    Ajlun 
    Al ’Aqabah 
    Al Balqa’ 
    Al Karak 
    Al Mafraq 
    Ammān 
    At Tafilah 
    Az Zarqa’ 
    Irbid 
    Jarash 
    Ma’an 
    Madaba 

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All Jordanian area codes have a length of 1 digit when called from abroad. Mobile numbers have the area code 7. Geographic numbers have subscriber numbers of 7 digits, mobile numbers have 8 digits.