Natifah Explained

Natifah
Native Name:ناطفة (إربد)
Native Name Lang:ar
Settlement Type:Town
Pushpin Map:Jordan
Pushpin Label Position:bottom
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Jordan
Coordinates:32.5192°N 35.8219°W
Grid Position:227/213
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Jordan
Subdivision Type1:Governorate
Subdivision Name1:Irbid Governorate
Timezone1:UTC + 2

Natifah is a village in Jordan approximately 2 km south-west of Irbid.[1]

History

In 1596 it appeared in the Ottoman tax registers named as Natifa, situated in the nahiya (subdistrict) of Bani al-Asar, part of the Sanjak of Hawran. It had 17 households and 9 bachelors; all Muslim. The villagers paid a fixed tax-rate of 25% on agricultural products; including wheat, barley, summer crops, vineyards/fruit trees, goats and bee-hives. The total tax was 5,500 akçe.[2]

In 1838 Natifah's inhabitants were predominantly Sunni Muslims.[3]

The Jordanian census of 1961 found 451 inhabitants in Natifa.[4]

Bibliography

Notes and References

  1. http://www.satelliteviews.net/cgi-bin/w.cgi?c=jo&UF=-973120&UN=-1447460&DG=PPL Satellite Views.net, Natifah
  2. Hütteroth and Abdulfattah, 1977, p. 206
  3. [Eli Smith|Smith]
  4. Government of Jordan, Department of Statistics, 1964, p. 19