page_title: Irbid
section_title: Districts of Greater Irbid Municipality
hierarchical_section_title: Irbid / Districts of Greater Irbid Municipality
caption_attribution_description: Snows of Huwwarah
context_page_description: Irbid, known in ancient times as Arabella or Arbela, is the capital and largest city of the Irbid Governorate. It also has the second largest metropolitan population in Jordan after Amman, with a population of around 1,911,600. Irbid is located about 70 kilometres north of Amman on the northern ridge of the Gilead, equidistant from Pella, Beit Ras, and Um Qais, and approximately 20 kilometres south of the Syrian border.
  Irbid was built on successive Early Bronze Age settlements and was possibly the biblical Beth Arbel and the Arbila of the Decapolis, a Hellenistic league of the 1st century BCE through the 2nd century CE. The population of Irbid swelled in the late 19th century, and prior to 1948 it served as a significant centre of transit trade.
  Irbid is the second largest metropolitan in Jordan by population after Amman. But as a city Irbid is the third largest one after Amman and Az Zarqa.
  The province of Irbid Governorate has the second largest population, and the highest population density in the kingdom.
  The city is a major ground transportation hub between Amman, Syria to the north, and Mafraq to the east.
  The Irbid region is also home to several colleges and universities.
context_section_description: Irbid is divided into 23 city districts forming smaller cities within the metropolitan sphere of influence of Irbid:
  Cities, Towns, and Villages
  Many villages surround the city of Irbid including:
  Birqish-Kufr Rakeb (برقش - كفر راكب)
  Irbid
  Aṭ-Ṭaībah (الطيبة)
  Natfeh (ناطفه)
  Habaka (حبكا)
  Kufr-Rahta (كفررحتا)
  Al-Mazar Al-Shamali (المزار الشمالي)
  Hareema (حريما)
  Al'aal (علعال)
  Kufr Asad (كفرأسد)
  Kufr Aan (كفرعان)
  Jumha (جمحة)
  Kufryuba (كفر يوبا)
  Zahar (زحر)
  Qum (قمّ)
  Sammou' (سمّوع)
  Izmal (زمال)
  Kufrelma (كفر الماء)
  Sawm (سوم)
  Saydoor (صيدور)
  Kufr Soom (كفر سوم)
  Sama al-Rousan (سما الروسان)
  Ibser Abu Ali
  Assarieh (الصريح)
  Aidoon (ايدون)
  Al Husn (الحصن)
  Baleela (بليلة)
  Beit Ras (بيت راس)
  Dowgarah (دوقرة)
  En-Nu`aymeh (النعيمة)
  Habaka (حبكا)
  Houfa Al-Westiyyah
  Qumaim (قميم)
  Bushra (Jordan) (بشرى)
  Huwwarah (حوارة)
  Imrawah
  Al Ramtha (الرمثا)
  Sal (سال)
  Samad (صمد)
  Al Shajara (الشجرة)
  Al Turrah (الطرة)
  Fou'ara (فوعرة)
  Zoubia ( زوبيا)
  Jdaita (جديتا)
  Rehaba (رحابا)
  Kufor Alma (كفرالماء )
  Kharja (خرجا)
  Dair Yousef (دير يوسف)
  Dair Abos'eed (دير أبو سعيد)
  Kufor Kefia
  Summer (سمر)
  E'nbeh (عنبة)
  Bayt Yafa (بيت يافا)
  Dair Esse'neh (دير السعنة)
  Mandah
  Maru (Irbid) (مرو)
  Zabda (زبدة)
  Bait Idis (بيت ايدس)
  Makhraba (مخربا)
  Al-Murajjam
caption: Huwwarah district
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