Habaka (Arabic: حَبَكا) is a small hill town in northern Jordan, located 75 km north of the capital Amman (in Arabic عَمَّان), and about 5 km south of Irbid (Arabic: إِرْبِد). The region has a very fertile soil along with suitable climate allows the growing of wide variety of high quality crops. The main products are olives and grapes. There is a substantial area of pine forests on the hills that are extending from Ajloun (Arabic: عَجْلون). Habaka had a population of 4114 in 2015.[1]
Habaka
حَبَكا | |
|---|---|
Town | |
  Habaka Location in Jordan | |
| Coordinates: 32°28′N 35°51′E / 32.467°N 35.850°E | |
| Grid position | 229/208 |
| Country |  Jordan |
| Governorate | Irbid Governorate |
| Population (2015) | |
| • Total | 4,114 |
| Time zone | UTC + 2 |
History edit
Recent discoveries in the area of Tell Johfiyeh (Arabic: تل جحفية) -which is in Johfiyeh near Habaka goes back to the Iron Age.[2] One of the known Islamic scholars called ‘Ali bin ziadah bin abd alrhman alhabaki alshafie’ (in Arabic علي بن زيادة بن عبد الرحمن الحبكي الشافعي) was from Habaka and died in 1364.[2]
In 1596, during the Ottoman Empire, Habaka was noted in the census as being located in the nahiya of Bani al-Asar in the Liwa of Hawran. It had a population of 18 households and 11 bachelors; all Muslim. They paid a fixed tax-rate of 25% on various agricultural products, including wheat, barley, summer crops, vineyards/fruit trees, goats and beehives, in addition to occasional revenues; a total of 8,000 akçe.[3]
In 1838 Habaka was noted as being ruined/deserted.[4]
The Jordanian census of 1961 found 428 inhabitants in Habaka.[5]
Demographics edit
(1994 Est.)
- Population: 1775
- Male: 2500
- Female: 3254
- Families: 450
- Buildings: 500
- Residential units: 326
- Schools: 3[6]
References edit
- ^ "The General Census - 2015" (PDF). Department of Population Statistics.
- ^ a b "اربد نت". اربد نت.
- ^ Hütteroth and Abdulfattah, 1977, p. 205
- ^ Smith, in Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 3, 2nd appendix, p. 165
- ^ Government of Jordan, Department of Statistics, 1964, p. 18
- ^ "Source of Demographics". Archived from the original on 2006-05-05. Retrieved 2006-06-21.
Bibliography edit
- Government of Jordan, Department of Statistics (1964). First Census of Population and Housing. Volume I: Final Tables; General Characteristics of the Population (PDF).
- Hütteroth, Wolf-Dieter; Abdulfattah, Kamal (1977). Historical Geography of Palestine, Transjordan and Southern Syria in the Late 16th Century. Erlanger Geographische Arbeiten, Sonderband 5. Erlangen, Germany: Vorstand der Fränkischen Geographischen Gesellschaft. ISBN 3-920405-41-2.
- Robinson, E.; Smith, E. (1841). Biblical Researches in Palestine, Mount Sinai and Arabia Petraea: A Journal of Travels in the year 1838. Vol. 3. Boston: Crocker & Brewster.
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