The Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, a constitutional monarchy in southwest Asia, has an area of 37,738 sq. mi. (97,740 sq. km.) and a population of 6.33 million. Capital: Amman. Agriculture and tourism comprise Jordan?s economic base. Chief exports are phosphate, tomatoes and oranges. ,Jordan is the Edom and Moab of the time of Moses. It became part of the time of the Roman province of Arabia in 106 A.D., was conquered by the Arabs in 633-36, and was part of the Ottoman Empire from the 16th century until World War I. At that time, the regions presently known as Jordan and Israel were mandated to Great Britain by the League of Nations as Transjordan and Palestine. In 1922 Transjordan was established as the semi-autonomous Emirate of Transjordan, ruled by the Hashemite Prince Abdullah but still nominally a part of the British mandate. The mandate over Transjordan was terminated in 1946, the country becoming the independent Hashemite Kingdom of Transjordan. The kingdom was renamed The Hashemite Kingdom of The Jordan in 1950.,, Rulers:,,, ,Abdullah Ibu al-Hussein, 1946-1951,, ,Hussein I, 1952-1999,, ,Abdullah, 1999-,, Monetary System:,,, ,1 Dirham = 100 Fils,, ,1 Dinar = 10 Dirhams, until 1993,, ,1 Dinar = 10 Piastres, 1993-,,