Is the city of Irbid in northern Jordan and is the centre of Irbid Governorate, is the second largest city after the capital, Amman, Jordan, was named an old Arabella. One of the Romanian former colonies, which later became centers of Islamic conquest. The city's population has nearly one million people and its environs, adding the number of neighboring villages nearly a million and a quarter. The area of the city and its suburbs, with 160 kilometers. There Street in Irbid Internet cafes abound in which a street Yarmouk University (St. Shafiq Rashidi), and Irbid is the cultural capital of Jordan, where his office is one of the largest libraries in the Middle East, namely Husseinieh Library at the University of Yarmouk
Site Location in Irbid Irbid Alardntka a distance of about 80 km north of the Jordanian capital Amman and has been historically followed Huran plain area extending from south to north Syria, Jordan. In that region many archeological sites and Qais Cam House and the top layer solution to the debt, and surrounded by fertile agricultural plains of northern and eastern destinations and South, which called the ancient Chrysanthemum proportion to the chrysanthemum flower, and the city of Yarmouk University and the University Science and Altknulogiao (Hosn University College of the University of Balqa Applied) in addition to private universities are the University of wall and the University of Irbid eligibility. And oversees Almertvat in Irbid on the plain north of the Huran and Palestine. The triangle can be seen clearly Jordanian Syrian Palestinian from northern Irbid region, specifically Umm Qais. The population of the city of Irbid 366 thousand people while the number of inhabitants of Irbid Great 660 thousand inhabitants.
Date The effects found in Irbid back to about 5000 BC. M. Aladomih of civilizations and to Gsanoh and Arab groups south, and most important characteristic of Irbid from the rest of the cities historically have an impact, which was built Rights of rock and stone for thousands of years and Hoa now exists to attest to its history and brings about archaeological Tel Irbid sixty meters, and found the effects of Greek, Roman and Islamic, and grew up in the Greco-Roman cities such as Irbid "Arabella" and Beit Ras "Capitolias", and fortress "Dion", and Umm Qais "Gadara", and the ozone solution "Pella", and Koilbh "Abello", and Ashrafieh " Al_ashrafyah ". The spread of Christianity since the second and third centuries, Gregorian has Ghassanids their bases in northern Jordan in Irbid region, the Golan and Huran plains. Lived Irbid States and Alamonyen Kadumim, and appeared relevance in the era Alhllensti. And in the heart of Islam leader able Crhabayl Ben Islamic faith 13 years of annexation e 634 m, which dominated the Irbid and Beit Ras and Umm Qais, also included Abu Obeida Amer bin surgeon layer solution, and enables Khaled Bin Al Waleed in the Battle of Yarmuk overcome the Romans year 636 m / e 15, ending the Romanian presence there. In the judgement of the Mamelukes were behalf of Damascus. Many in Irbid from thy Companions of Mohammed bin Abdullah and several mosques and religious edifices, Shm Umayyad mosque and a mosque Habras Mamluk, and Irbid mosque Mamluk and Ottoman Saraya prison known as the old one.
