Arab Federation
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Key facts
- Capital and largest city
- Baghdad
- Common languages
- Arabic ( Mesopotamian Arabic , Levantine Arabic )
- Religion
- Majority: Islam ( Sunni and Shi'a ), minorities: Christianity and others
- Government
- Confederal constitutional diarchy
- King of iraq
- Faisal II
- King of jordan
- Hussein
- Historical era
- Arab Cold War
- Established
- 14 February 1958
- Iraqi coup d tat
- 14 July 1958
- Disestablished
- 2 August 1958
- Total
- 533,314 km (205,914 sq mi)
- Currency
- Iraqi Dinar
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- historical country
- Country
- Jordan
- Continent
- Asia
- Capital
- Baghdad
- Official language
- Arabic
- Area
- 533314
- Form of government
- confederation
- Image
- Arab Federation of Jordan and Iraq.svg
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Encyclopedic overview
Today part ofIraq Jordan West Bank
The Hashemite Arab Federation was a short-lived confederation that lasted from 14 February to 2 August 1958, between the Hashemite kingdoms of Iraq and Jordan. Although the name implies a federal structure, it was de facto a confederation.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Arab Federation” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.