General Socio-Demographic Characteristics of the Jordanian Society: A Study in Social Geography

Abstract

Jordan is located in the southwestern part of Asia, it has an important strategic site, forming  impressions of liaison between the Arabian Peninsula to the South, Mesopotamia and Syria in the North, it was a place of transit  and residence for many migrations, Arabic and Islamic, conquests and invasions that devastated region through history, these conditions have led to the diversification of the assets of the population, the diversity of social characteristics.This research aims to study and analyze the sociodemographic characteristics of Jordanian society, in methodology of social geography, that explain spatial behavior as a form of social interaction, caused by life in the environment around it.The study found several results notably: The population of Jordan are social unit interconnected, despite the great diversity of their assets, and their demographic and sociological, and the diversity of their natural environments, study also found several recommendations, including: strengthening national unity, through the achievement of equality for all categories of Jordanian society.

Key words: demography ,Jordanian society, population structure, social groups, nuclear family.