Official Name: | Der Abi Saeed |
Native Name: | دير أبي سعيد |
Settlement Type: | City |
Pushpin Map: | Jordan |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Jordan |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | Irbid Governorate |
Government Type: | Municipality |
Population As Of: | 2015 |
Population Total: | 29590 |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Timezone: | GMT +2 |
Timezone Dst: | +3 |
Coordinates: | 32.5025°N 35.6922°W |
Grid Position: | 214/212 |
Area Code: | +(962)2 |
Der Abi Saeed (Arabic: دير أبي سعيد) is a city in Irbid Governorate in Jordan. It is named after a historic Christian chapel ('Der' in Arabic) in the place where the city is built. The city gained importance in the early 20th century after the formation of a self-governing body following the fall of the Ottoman Empire. Der Abi Saeed is the administrative center of the Koura Department, one of the nine departments of Irbid Governorate.
The city is located in the Jordanian part of the Houran Plateau, about to the southwest of the city of Irbid in the province of Irbid Governorate, and about to the north from Jordan's capital Amman.
In 1838 Der Abi Saeed's inhabitants were predominantly Sunni Muslims.[2]
The Jordanian census of 1961 found 1,927 inhabitants in Deir Abu Sa'id.[3]
The municipality of Der Abi Saeed includes eight districts: