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Keywords

• Spatial Development
• Mafraq Governorate.
• Development Indicators

Abstract

This study aims to analyze development indicators in Mafraq governorate in order to assess the situation of the population in this province and to identify the economic and social reality of the population there. The study was based on the analytical descriptive approach as the appropriate method for the study. The results of the analysis in the governorate showed that recorded the highest population growth rate in the Jordan and the study found that the lack of employment opportunities in governorate due to the lack of investment projects capable of absorbing the labor force. The study recommended the necessity of achieving justice in the distribution of facilities, institutions and services, in a manner that ensures a kind of redistribution of the population between the regions of the governorate. It also recommended encouraging investment in remote areas with few developmental advantages.