Habaka

Habaka

حَبَكا
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

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

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

(1994 Est.)

Population: 1775
Male: 2500
Female: 3254
Families: 450
Buildings: 500
Residential units: 326
Schools: 3^[7]

References

^ "The General Census - 2015" (PDF). Department of Population Statistics.
^ ^a ^b "اربد نت". اربد نت.
^ "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

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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[1] "The General Census - 2015" (PDF). Department of Population Statistics.

[auto-2] "اربد نت". اربد نت.

[3] "تراجم لبعض العلماء والفقهاء والأدباء والشعراء في منطقة عجلون في العصر المملوكي". ich.gov.jo (in Arabic). Retrieved 2024-12-19.

[4] Hütteroth and Abdulfattah, 1977, p. 205

[5] Smith, in Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 3, 2nd appendix, p. 165

[6] Government of Jordan, Department of Statistics, 1964, p. 18

[7] "Source of Demographics". Archived from the original on 2006-05-05. Retrieved 2006-06-21.

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