Kingdom of Jordan

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constitutional monarchy country in the Middle East sovereign state

The Kingdom of Jordan is a Middle Eastern constitutional monarchy known for its strategic location, political stability, and significant historical and religious sites such as Petra and the Jordan River.

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All labels observed (9)

Label	Occurrences
Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan	80
Emirate of Transjordan	7
Hashemite monarchy of Jordan	2
Jordanian state	2
modern Jordan	2
Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan government	1
Israel and Jordan	1
Jordanian Hashemite Kingdom (royal family affiliation)	1
Kingdom of Jordan canonical	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T119501 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Kingdom of Jordan
Context triple: [Member States of the United Nations, includes, Kingdom of Jordan]

A. Kuwait
Kuwait is a small, oil-rich Gulf nation on the Arabian Peninsula known for its modern capital Kuwait City, significant expatriate workforce, and strategic geopolitical importance.
B. Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia is a Middle Eastern kingdom on the Arabian Peninsula known for its vast oil reserves, custodianship of Islam’s holiest sites, and significant geopolitical influence.
C. Qatar
Qatar is a wealthy Gulf nation on the Arabian Peninsula known for its vast natural gas reserves, rapid modernization, and large expatriate workforce.
D. Bahrain
Bahrain is a small island nation in the Persian Gulf known for its rich history, oil wealth, and status as a regional financial and cultural hub.
E. United Arab Emirates
The United Arab Emirates is a wealthy Gulf nation on the Arabian Peninsula known for its rapid modernization, iconic cities like Dubai and Abu Dhabi, and its large expatriate workforce.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Kingdom of Jordan
Target entity description: The Kingdom of Jordan is a Middle Eastern constitutional monarchy known for its strategic location, political stability, and significant historical and religious sites such as Petra and the Jordan River.

A. Kuwait
Kuwait is a small, oil-rich Gulf nation on the Arabian Peninsula known for its modern capital Kuwait City, significant expatriate workforce, and strategic geopolitical importance.
B. Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia is a Middle Eastern kingdom on the Arabian Peninsula known for its vast oil reserves, custodianship of Islam’s holiest sites, and significant geopolitical influence.
C. Qatar
Qatar is a wealthy Gulf nation on the Arabian Peninsula known for its vast natural gas reserves, rapid modernization, and large expatriate workforce.
D. Bahrain
Bahrain is a small island nation in the Persian Gulf known for its rich history, oil wealth, and status as a regional financial and cultural hub.
E. United Arab Emirates
The United Arab Emirates is a wealthy Gulf nation on the Arabian Peninsula known for its rapid modernization, iconic cities like Dubai and Abu Dhabi, and its large expatriate workforce.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	constitutional monarchy ⓘ country in the Middle East ⓘ sovereign state ⓘ
borderCountry	Iraq ⓘ Israel ⓘ Saudi Arabia ⓘ State of Palestine ⓘ Syria ⓘ
callingCode	+962 ⓘ
capital	Amman ⓘ
coastline	Gulf of Aqaba ⓘ
continent	Asia ⓘ
currency	Jordanian dinar ⓘ
currencyCode	JOD ⓘ
demonym	Jordanian ⓘ
formerName	Kingdom of Jordan self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Emirate of Transjordan
governmentType	unitary parliamentary constitutional monarchy ⓘ
hasSite	Dead Sea ⓘ Jerash ⓘ Jordan River ⓘ Petra ⓘ Wadi Rum ⓘ
headOfGovernment	Prime Minister of Jordan ⓘ
headOfState	Abdullah II of Jordan ⓘ
independenceDate	1946-05-25 ⓘ
independenceEvent	end of British mandate over Transjordan ⓘ
independenceFrom	United Kingdom ⓘ
internetTLD	.jo ⓘ Jordan ⓘ surface form: .الاردن
largestCity	Amman ⓘ
legislature	Jordanian Parliament ⓘ surface form: National Assembly of Jordan
lowerHouse	Jordanian Parliament ⓘ surface form: House of Representatives of Jordan
monarchDynasty	Hashemite dynasty ⓘ
nationalReligionSite	Baptism in the Jordan ⓘ surface form: baptism site of Jesus on the Jordan River
officialLanguage	Arabic ⓘ
officialName	Kingdom of Jordan self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
politicalCharacteristic	relative political stability in the region ⓘ
region	Middle East ⓘ
religionMajority	Sunni Islam ⓘ
sea	Red Sea ⓘ
shortName	Jordan ⓘ
strategicCharacteristic	geopolitically strategic location in the Middle East ⓘ
subregion	Levant region ⓘ surface form: Levant
titleOfHeadOfState	King ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteWithin	Petra ⓘ Quseir Amra ⓘ Um er-Rasas ⓘ
UNMemberState	true ⓘ
upperHouse	Jordanian Parliament ⓘ surface form: Senate of Jordan
writingSystem	Arabic script ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (97)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Member States of the United Nations → includes → Kingdom of Jordan ⓘ

King Hussein of Jordan → placeOfBirth → Kingdom of Jordan ⓘ

this entity surface form: Emirate of Transjordan

King Hussein of Jordan → monarchOf → Kingdom of Jordan ⓘ