Jordan

The country calling code for Jordan is +962. Country calling codes identify the destination country when placing an international call. The international access prefix used to leave your originating country varies by telephone network. On mobile phones, the + symbol is generally used instead. After the country code, dial the local Jordan number, dropping any leading zero used for domestic dialling.

Jordan is assigned JO as its ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code and JOR as its alpha-3 code. Alpha-2 codes are the two-letter codes used in web addresses, currency pairs and shipping forms. Alpha-3 codes are the three-letter codes used in banking, aviation and international standards work. The internet country code top-level domain for Jordan is .jo. ISO country codes are standardized identifiers, but they can change when countries or territories undergo changes in international status or classification.

The official currency of Jordan is the Jordanian dinar, with the ISO 4217 code JOD and the symbol د.ا. Prices, salaries and official accounts inside Jordan are quoted in JOD. Exchange rates move daily, so check a live rate before converting rather than relying on a figure you saw last week.

The primary time zone for Jordan is +03:00, currently UTC+03:00. The clock reads from your own device, so it follows daylight saving rather than showing a fixed offset.

The capital of Jordan is Amman. Jordan sits in Asia, specifically the Western Asia subregion. Its approximate centre point is 31.00000000, 36.00000000. Traffic in Jordan drives on the right. Languages recorded for Jordan: Arabic.

Jordan shares a land border with 4 countries: Iraq, Israel, Saudi Arabia and Syrian Arab Republic. Land borders are not the same as nearest countries: a country across a narrow strait can be closer than one you share a fence with. The nearby page ranks countries by straight-line distance instead.