Animals and Plants What is growing in Myanmar? The mountains and the coastal regions of Myanmar are determined by the tropical rainforest. In the river delta of the longest river Ayeyarwady grow mangroves. In the humid monsoon forest of Myanmar, teak trees and bamboo plants of various kinds stretch upwards. Incidentally, the teak tree can…
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Cambodia Problems
The land of young people If you walk the streets of Cambodia, you may notice that there are a lot of young people walking around here – even more than anywhere else in Southeast Asia. You rarely see old people. Why is that actually? Are the people in Cambodia not getting that old? Or do…
China Domestic Problems
The Chinese one-child policy For a long time since 1979, each married couple in China was only allowed to have one child. A law that interferes with people’s private lives. A big problem is now that there are many more men than women in China and that many men can no longer find a wife….
China Economy
Natural resources China is very rich in natural resources. Bituminous coal, lead, iron ore, zinc and oil are mined, gold and diamonds are mined. There are also tin, copper and natural gas deposits in China. But electricity has to be introduced because China cannot completely supply itself with energy. Despite great efforts to expand hydropower…
China Everyday Life
How do you live in China? The more than 1.3 billion Chinese need living space and that is scarce in China, especially in the big cities. That is why many houses are being built in China, especially high-rise buildings. Unfortunately, these new buildings often fall victim to old districts. Despite the new buildings, many Chinese…
China Foods
Chinese cuisine The Chinese eat with chopsticks or use a porcelain spoon for their popular soup. Important foods are rice and wheat, corn and millet, but also legumes and sweet potatoes. A cereal porridge is often eaten for breakfast. Rice or fried wheat flatbreads and pasta are not missing from any meal. There are also…
China Recent History
The Republic of China In 1895, China suffered a defeat against Japan in the Sino-Japanese War. The population suffered, revolts broke out and the empire was increasingly questioned. Attempts were made to put a stop to these counter-movements, but they did not succeed in the long run. The Quing dynasty was very weak at the…
Jordan Everyday Life
Jordan holds a key political position in the Middle East. Because of its geopolitical and strategic importance, the country has been an important partner for Germany for decades. The focus of German-Jordanian cooperation is the water sector. Jordan relies on finance, education and tourism as economic engines. Everyday & Practical Information If you are going…
Jordan Security and Health
Stay healthy in the country Vaccinations, HIV test, medical emergency Traveling and living in Jordan are unproblematic for an average healthy person. Vaccinations are not required for Jordan. However, anyone who lives in the country for more than three months must undergo a medical examination and an AIDS test. If the result is positive, there…
Shopping in Jordan
Just arrived – where can I find what? Information about kindergartens, schools and leisure activities for families with children can be found on this page under the heading “With children in Jordan” (see below). The English-Arabic city guide Amman Today, which can be found free of charge in electronic form and as a brochure at…
Living in Jordan
Currency: Jordanian Dinar (JD) Exchange rate: 0.86 JD per euro (December 2020) Time zone: UTC + 2 Country code (phone): +962 Climate (Amman): Moderately Mediterranean-continental Finding accommodation in Amman Thanks to the commitment of other newcomers such as Bastian Müller, you can now find many details about living online, especially about the capital Amman, where…
Jordan Entry and Residence Requirements
Tip in advance Regardless of whether you are coming for a vacation or to work in the country – take a look at the current pages of the Federal Foreign Office. There you will find information on entry, the current status of pandemic measures (Covid19), possible mandatory HIV tests, importing a car and detailed customs…
Jordan Film and Music
Film and TV Jordan – an Arab media location According to naturegnosis, Jordan is increasingly the backdrop for regional film productions. In addition, Jordanian companies are relevant players in the Arab TV market. Amman is home to one of the largest independent Arab television production companies. Numerous foreign TV productions, including children’s series from Germany,…
Jordan Culture
Cultural identities According to militarynous, Jordan is an Arabic-speaking country. With Arabic as a common high-level language, Jordan is culturally associated with an estimated 300 million people from the Atlantic to the Gulf. As the language of the Koran, the Islamic revelation, Arabic has a sacred status for Muslims. Even more than language, Islam has…
Jordan Religion
Officially recognized religions The annual report of the US State Department on religious freedom in Jordan provides information on the degree of religious freedom, the size of religious communities and their regional distribution in Jordan. Around 97 percent of the total Jordanian population are Sunni Muslims. A good two percent are Christians, most of them…
Jordan Education System
School and vocational training In Jordan there are public schools, private schools and schools of the UN Palestinian Aid Organization UNRWA. The UNRWA schools run up to the 10th grade and are attended by almost 120,000 children. The Ministry of Education is responsible for the supervision of the school system up to the Abitur. The…
Jordan Gender Relations Part II
Girls and women as guarantors of family honor A central element of the patriarchal mentality is also the idea that girls potentially threaten the family honor because they could lose their virginity if they are not married. At the latest with the onset of puberty, and often even before that, girls are therefore subjected to…
Jordan Gender Relations Part I
Jordan is a young society: one third of the population is under 15 years of age, two thirds are under 29 years of age. Many young people are very well educated. But there are not enough jobs and the income is often not even enough for transport to work. Alphabetized adults: 96% (2020) Major religions:…
Jordan Demographics
The population at a glance Ethnically mixed, religiously and linguistically homogeneous The so-called East Jordanian “tribes ” are considered to be formative for society in Jordan. The term “tribes” is also used very often by the Jordanians themselves, but it can be misleading because in fact we are dealing with large families or family associations….
Jordan Economic Policy
The export of skilled labor and raw materials, as well as services and tourism, form the backbone of the Jordanian economy. The rapid increase in the resident population poses a major challenge for Jordan because the country has few water resources and is heavily dependent on energy imports (oil, gas). Economic indicators, analyzes General data…
Jordan Development Efforts
Estimated GDP: US $ 44 billion (2020) Per capita income (purchasing power parity, PPP): US $ 9,100.00 (estimated 2020) Human Development Rank (HDI): 102 (of 189) (2019) Proportion of poverty: Not specified Distribution of income (Gini coefficient): 33.7 (World Bank 2010, no recalculation since) Economic Transformation Index (BTI): Rank 57 of 137 (2020) Domestic development…
Jordan Economic Sectors
Economic system Free market economy? Distorted competition According to extrareference, Jordan is committed to the free market economy. However, the designation only applies to a limited extent. Politically motivated high inflows of money from outside, the economic supremacy of the Hashemite royal family, the ramified client and patronage system “Wasta” and subsidies for politically important…
Jordan Economic Issues
Scarce resources, urban-rural situation Scarce resources (little water, few raw materials), deficits in governance and a poorly developed industry make Jordan economically highly dependent on imports and external financial inflows. International financial aid and loans (USA, IMF, Arab Gulf states), remittances from Jordanian workers abroad (in 2019 it was about 3 billion JD / year…
Jordan Migration
Migration Refugees According to the UNHCR country office in Jordan, there are currently (spring 2020) around 700,000 registered non-Palestinian refugees, around 670,000 of them from Syria. Another half a million Syrians are believed to be in the Hashemite kingdom without refugee status. Around 170,000 UNHCR-registered Syrian refugees are now officially allowed to work, around 28…
Visiting Marbella
In the south of Spain is the city of Marbella. The city is part of the Malaga province of Andalusia and has about 140,000 inhabitants. The city with its old town, promenades, designer shops and casinos plays an important role as a tourist resort on the Costa del sol, the Spanish sunny coast. Since the…
Jordan Foreign Policy
The country in a regional and international context Current are the armed conflicts in Syria, Iraq and Yemen as well as the fight against the so-called Islamic State determining factors for Jordan’s foreign policy. The relationship with Israel and the political instability in the Palestinian territories harbor a growing potential for conflict. Jordan signed a…
Jordan Human Rights
History Civilization began in what is now Jordan several thousand years before the legendary empire of the Nabataeans and their capital, Petra. Some of the oldest human settlements ever were found on the east bank of the Jordan. Due to its location at the intersection of great civilizations, Jordan harbors important cultural and historical…
Jordan Domestic Politics Part III
A major thought leader in jihadist terror is Abu Muhammad Al-Maqdisi (aka Assem Barqawi), a West Bank-born Palestinian who co-founded the Al-Qaeda terrorist network in Afghanistan. Al-Maqdisi was detained in Jordan for several years. In 2014 he was put under house arrest. Media observers suspected the tactic behind this was that he could have a…
Jordan Domestic Politics Part II
Since the early 2000’s, the Islamist political spectrum in Jordan has been in great flux. Salafist currents and groups – politically marginal for a long time – gained influence. Some Muslim Brotherhood switched to Salafist groups, or vice versa. The Muslim Brotherhood (MB) were not only faced with competition from the Salafists, there were also…
Jordan Domestic Politics Part I
Struggle for legitimation Jordan’s politics, including domestic politics, are shaped by the Middle East conflict. An estimated sixty percent of the population of Jordan are of Palestinian descent. Not all, but many of them, deny the Hashemite dynasty the right to rule over them. Because of this legitimacy deficit, Jordan is in a kind of…