Habaka

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]

History

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]

Demographics

(1994 Est.)

  • Population: 1775
  • Male: 2500
  • Female: 3254
  • Families: 450
  • Buildings: 500
  • Residential units: 326
  • Schools: 3

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References
  1. "The General Census - 2015" (PDF). Department of Population Statistics.
  2. "اربد نت". اربد نت.
  3. "Source of Demographics". Archived from the original on 2006-05-05. Retrieved 2006-06-21.

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