Balqa Governorate
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Key facts
- Country
- Jordan
- Capital
- Salt
- Governor
- Nayef Al-Hidayat
- Total
- 1,120 km (430 sq mi)
- Density
- 382/km (990/sq mi)
- Time zone
- GMT +2
- Summer dst
- +3
- Area code
- +(962)5
- Urban
- 71.8%
- Rural
- 28.2%
- Hdi 2021
- 0.716 , high · 4th of 12
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- governorate of Jordan
- Country
- Jordan
- Located in
- Jordan
- Capital
- Salt
- Population
- 491709
- Area
- 1120.4
- Shares border with
- Zarqa Governorate
- Image
- As-salt.jpg
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Encyclopedic overview
Balqa' (Arabic: البلقاء Al Balqā’) is one of the governorates of Jordan. It is located northwest of Amman, Jordan's capital.
The governorate has the fourth largest population of the 12 governorates of Jordan, and is ranked 10th by area. It has the third highest population density in the kingdom after Irbid Governorate and Jerash Governorate.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Balqa Governorate” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.