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Habaka
حَبَكا | |
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Town | |
  Habaka Location in Jordan | |
| Coordinates: 32°28′N 35°51′E / 32.467°N 35.850°E | |
| PAL | 229/208 |
| Country |  Jordan |
| Governorate | Irbid Governorate |
| Population (2015) | |
• Total | 4,114 |
| Time zone | UTC + 2 |
Habaka (Arabic: حَبَكا) is a small hill town in northern Jordan, located 75 km north of the capital Amman, and about 5 km south of Irbid. The region has a very fertile soil along with suitable climate allows the growing of a 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. Habaka had a population of 4114 in 2015.[1]
History
[edit]Recent discoveries in the area of Tell Johfiyeh, which is in Johfiyeh near Habaka, goes back to the Iron Age.[2]
The town was home to Islamic scholar Ali bin Ziadah bin Abd Alrahman Alhabaki Alshafie (Arabic: علي بن زيادة بن عبد الرحمن الحبكي الشافعي), died in 1364.[2][3]
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 which includes wheat, barley, summer crops, vineyards/fruit trees, goats and beehives in addition to occasional revenues. The total comes to 8,000 akçe.[4]
In 1838 Habaka was noted as being ruined/deserted.[5]
The Jordanian census of 1961 found 428 inhabitants in Habaka.[6]
Demographics
[edit](1994 Est.)
- Population: 1775
- Male: 2500
- Female: 3254
- Families: 450
- Buildings: 500
- Residential units: 326
- Schools: 3[7]
References
[edit]- ↑ "The General Census - 2015" (PDF). Department of Population Statistics.
- 1 2 "اربد نت". اربد نت. Archived from the original on 2021-12-09. Retrieved 2020-01-25.
- ↑ "تراجم لبعض العلماء والفقهاء والأدباء والشعراء في منطقة عجلون في العصر المملوكي". ich.gov.jo (in Arabic). Retrieved 2024-12-19.
- ↑ 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, W.-D.; Abdulfattah, K. (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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