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Middle East > Jordan > Government

JORDANIAN GOVERNMENT STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Capital city 'Amman
Corruption 5.7 [38th of 160]
Parliamentary seats > Female 0% [140th of 143]
Proportion of seats held by women in national parliament > % 5.5 % ... [154th of 174]
Start-up procedures to register a business > number 11 ... [53rd of 171]
Status pseudo-democracy
Suffrage
18 years of age; universal
Time required to build a warehouse > days 122 days ... [137th of 168]
Time required to enforce a contract > days 342 days ... [127th of 171]
Time required to register property > days 22 days ... [131st of 167]
Time required to start a business > days 18 days ... [139th of 171]
Time to prepare and pay taxes > hours 101 hours ... [151st of 169]
Time to resolve insolvency > years 4.3 years ... [29th of 151]
Total businesses registered > number 140,337 ... [41st of 71]
Trademarks, nonresidents 783 ... [52nd of 99]
Trademarks, residents 414 ... [50th of 98]
Transnational Issues > Disputes > International
approximately two million Iraqis have fled the conflict in Iraq, with the majority taking refuge in Syria and Jordan; 2004 Agreement settles border dispute with Syria pending demarcation
UN membership date 14 Dec. 1955
United Nations mission
http://www.kinghussein.gov.jo/f_affairs3.html
http://www.jordanembassyus.org/new/aboutjordan/fp.shtml
Washington, D.C. embassies > Neighborhood Cleveland Park

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SOURCES: CIA World Factbook, 28 July 2005; Transparency International; United Nations World Statistics Pocketbook and Statistical Yearbook; World Development Indicators database; electionworld.org; CIA World Factbook, 14 June, 2007 ; Wisconsin High School Model United Nations; Wikipedia: List of Washington, D.C. embassies

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Jordan, Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, Al Mamlakah al Urduniyah al Hashimiyah, Al Urdun

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