Governorates of Jordan

Jordan is divided into 12 governorates. In 1994, four new governorates were created: Jerash, Ajloun, Madaba and Aqaba.

The governorates of Jordan are in one of three regions: the North Region, Central Region and the South Region. The regions are mainly distributed by the distance between the cities.

List

Map of the governorates.

North Region

↓ North Region ↓
#	Governorate	Area (km²)	Population	Pop. density (/km²)	Capital
1	Irbid Governorate	1,572	1,137,100	723.4	Irbid
2	Ajloun Governorate	420	146,900	350.1	Ajloun
3	Jerash Governorate	410	191,700	467.8	Jerash
4	Mafraq Governorate	26,551	300,300	11.3	Mafraq
Total		28,953	1,776,000	61.3
↓ Central Region ↓
#	Governorate	Area (km²)	Population	Pop. density (/km²)	Capital
5	Balqa Governorate	1,120	428,000	382.0	Salt
6	Amman Governorate	7,579	2,473,400	326.3	Amman
7	Zarqa Governorate	4,761	951,800	199.9	Zarqa
8	Madaba Governorate	940	159,700	170.0	Madaba
Total		14,400	4,012,900	278.7
↓ South Region ↓
#	Governorate	Area (km²)	Population	Pop. density (/km²)	Capital
9	Karak Governorate	3,495	249,100	71.3	Al Karak
10	Tafilah Governorate	2,209	89,400	40.5	Tafilah
11	Ma'an Governorate	32,832	121,400	3.7	Ma'an
12	Aqaba Governorate	6,905	139,200	20.2	Aqaba
Total		45,441	599,100	13.2

Related pages

• List of cities in Jordan

Other websites

• Jordan Governorates: Empowering the Regions Archived 2016-11-10 at the Wayback Machine