Kafr Al-Maa Explained

Official Name:Kafr Al-Maa
Native Name:كفر الماء
Settlement Type:Town
Pushpin Map:Jordan
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Jordan
Subdivision Type1:Irbid Governorate
Subdivision Name1:Al-Kourah District
Government Type:Der Abi SaeedMunicipality
Timezone:GMT +2
Timezone Dst:+3
Coordinates:32.4839°N 35.6969°W
Grid Position:215/210
Area Code:+(962)2
Elevation M:450

Kafr Al-Maa (Arabic: كفر الماء) is one of the Al-Kourah District towns, in the province of Irbid, Jordan, and away from the Irbid city district center 28 km to the south-west, and the capital, Amman, about 81 km in the north-west direction. It had a population of 17,919 in 2015.[1]

Location

Kafr Al-Maa is located south of Der Abi Saeed, north of Kufr Rakeb.

History

In 1596 it appeared in the Ottoman tax registers named as Kafr Alma, situated in the nahiya (subdistrict) of Kura, part of the Sanjak of Ajlun. It had 45 households and 10 bachelors; all Muslim. The villagers paid a fixed tax-rate of 25% on agricultural products; including wheat, barley, olive trees/vineyards/fruit trees, goats and bee-hives; in addition to occasional revenues. The total tax was 10,000 akçe.[2]

In 1838 Kafr Al-Maa's inhabitants were noted as being predominantly Sunni Muslims.[3]

The Jordanian census of 1961 found 1,517 inhabitants in Kufr Ma.[4]

Bibliography

Notes and References

  1. Web site: The General Census - 2015 . Department of Population Statistics.
  2. Hütteroth and Abdulfattah, 1977, p. 166
  3. [Eli Smith|Smith]
  4. Government of Jordan, Department of Statistics, 1964, p. 20