Irbid
Irbid (both إربد, Irbid, Irbid and Irbid) is a city in the northwestern part of Jordan and a prefectural capital of Irbid province. Located 70 km north of the capital city of Amman, situated on the northern border of the rugged terrace of the Jordan River Gilead (Gilead, Gilead), near the border with Syria. Irbid was called ancient Arabella (Arabella). According to the 1992 census, the population is 208,329, but in 2007 estimates it is 327,543 people, in Jordan it is the third largest city after Amman and Zarqa. Irbid province is also the second most populous province in Jordan. There are also many Palestinian refugees in the residents of Irbid. Irbid is Pella, Biet Ras, Umm Cais ...