Assyrians in Jordan
ܣܘܪ̈ܝܐ ܕܝܘܪܕܢܢ الآشوريون في الأردن | |
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| Total population | |
| Official: 10,000-15,000 (mostly refugees) Estimates: 100,000-150,000 | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Marka area Jabal Amman Abdali area Fuheis | |
| Languages | |
| Neo-Aramaic (Assyrian Neo-Aramaic, Turoyo) Jordanian Arabic | |
| Religion | |
| Syriac Christianity |
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Assyrians in Jordan (Syriac: ܣܘܪ̈ܝܐ ܕܝܘܪܕܢܢ; Arabic: الآشوريون في الأردن), or Jordanian Assyrians are Assyrian people or people of Assyrian descent living in the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan.
The current population of Assyrians in Jordan is believed to be between 10-15,000, most of them being refugees from Iraq. The majority of these Assyrians live in the capital of Amman and its surrounding districts.