JORDAN

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• Nearly 10 people died and more than 250 people were injured due to a poisonous gas leak in Jordan’s southern port city of Aqaba.
• The officials have said that a gas tanker was leaked while being transported.

Jordan

• Jordan is located in Western Asia.
• It is situated at the crossroads of Asia, Africa and Europe.
• It is bordered by;
  • Saudi Arabia in the South and East.
  • Iraq in the Northeast.
  • Syria in the North.
  • Palestinian West Bank, Israel, and the Dead Sea in the West.
• It has a coastline on the Gulf of Aqaba in the Red Sea in the Southwest.
  • The Gulf of Aqaba separates Jordan from Egypt.
• Amman is Jordan's capital and largest city.
• It is a semi-arid country.
• Around 95% of the country's population is Sunni Muslim.
• It is a major tourist destination.
• The Dead Sea at Jordan and Israel border is the lowest land point on earth.
• It has the 5th largest oil-shale reserves in the world.

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