Habaka Explained

Habaka
Native Name:حَبَكا
Native Name Lang:ar
Settlement Type:Town
Pushpin Map:Jordan
Pushpin Label Position:bottom
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Jordan
Coordinates:32.4667°N 86°W
Grid Position:229/208
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Jordan
Subdivision Type1:Governorate
Subdivision Name1:Irbid Governorate
Population Total:4114
Population As Of:2015
Timezone1: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] 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 which includes wheat, barley, summer crops, vineyards/fruit trees, goats and beehives in addition to occasional revenues. The total comes to 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

(1994 Est.)

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: The General Census - 2015 . Department of Population Statistics.
  2. Web site: اربد نت. اربد نت.
  3. Hütteroth and Abdulfattah, 1977, p. 205
  4. [Eli Smith|Smith]
  5. Government of Jordan, Department of Statistics, 1964, p. 18
  6. Web site: Source of Demographics . 2006-06-21 . https://web.archive.org/web/20060505054727/http://www.dos.gov.jo/sdb_pop/irbid_a.htm . 2006-05-05 . dead .