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]
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]