🇯🇴 Jordan 12 administrative divisions
12 first-level administrative divisions (states, provinces, regions or counties, depending on the country) and 325 cities and towns, each with latitude and longitude. Public domain, free to download, no API key.
The country
- ISO 3166-1
- JO · JOR · 400
- Capital
- Amman
- Continent
- Asia
- Currency
- JOD, Jordanian dinar
- Calling code
- +962
- Internet domain
- .jo
- Divisions
- 12
- Cities and towns
- 325
Divisions
The 12 divisions of Jordan
12 of them carry an ISO 3166-2 code. Counts are cities and towns inside each division.
| Division | ISO 3166-2 | Cities and towns | Population |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ajloun Governorate | JO-AJ | 18 | 181,000 |
| Amman Governorate | JO-AM | 93 | 4,007,526 |
| Aqaba Governorate | JO-AQ | 8 | – |
| Balqa Governorate | JO-BA | 17 | 491,709 |
| Irbid Governorate | JO-IR | 62 | – |
| Jerash Governorate | JO-JA | 13 | 237,059 |
| Karak Governorate | JO-KA | 26 | 316,629 |
| Ma'an Governorate | JO-MN | 18 | 175,200 |
| Madaba Governorate | JO-MD | 27 | 189,192 |
| Mafraq Governorate | JO-MA | 16 | 549,948 |
| Tafilah Governorate | JO-AT | 10 | 10,000 |
| Zarqa Governorate | JO-AZ | 15 | – |
A further 2 places could not be matched to a
division and are listed separately in the API as
"unassigned": true.
Get it
Both files, in one request each
# every division of Jordan
curl -s https://api.placedb.org/v1/regions/JO.json
# the cities and towns of one division (id from the file above)
curl -s https://api.placedb.org/v1/cities/JO/<id>.jsonNo key, no account, no rate limit. The endpoints · try it live.