Zarqa Governorate has three districts and three sub-districts with a total area of 4,761 Square kilometers. The total population is 1,439,500.

Male to female ratio is 52.87% to 47.13%. it is the second biggest city in Jordan by the number of population.

There are two universities, one qualified industrial sub-zone and newly established qualified zone (Hallabat Industrial Park).

It contains more than half of the national industrial volume in terms of capital investment, labor force and manufacturing volume.

It is strategically located near Jordan Petroleum Refinery Company, Al-Hussein Thermal Station and the Free Zone. Al-Russeifa Districts is considering as a mining town due to its phosphate deposit.