Irbid

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أربد
Irbid
Irbid (Jordan)
Red pog.svg
Coordinates 32 ° 33 '  N , 35 ° 51'  E Coordinates: 32 ° 33 '  N , 35 ° 51'  E
Basic data
Country Jordan

Governorate

Irbid
surface 236 km²
Metropolitan area 1572 km²
Residents 739,212 (2015)
Metropolitan area 1,770,158 (2015)
density 3,132.3  Ew. / km²
Metropolitan area 1,126.1  Ew. / km²
Website www.irbid.gov.jo

Irbid ( Arabic إربد, DMG Irbid ), called Arabella in antiquity , is the second largest city in Jordan after Amman with over 739,000 inhabitants (2015 census) .

Irbid is about 85 km north of Amman in the Irbid Governorate . It is about the same distance from the towns of Pella and Umm Qais (approx. 20 km). Archaeological finds and tombs in the region prove that Irbid was inhabited since the Bronze Age.

University City

Today Irbid has grown into a large city with several large universities and colleges, but is recognizable as a Middle Eastern provincial city in many streets of the city center. The largest universities are Yarmouk University and Jordan University of Science and Technology (JUST) . 70,000 students study in the city. Their demand influenced the emergence of Internet cafés and fast food restaurants in the university districts.

tourism

Archaeological Museum in Irbid

Tourism is not very pronounced. Irbid is home to interesting museums. The Museum of Jordanian Heritage is located in Yarmouk University and provides an overview of the prehistoric and historical development of the country. The new Archaeological Museum opened in 2007 in a renovated Ottoman house in the city center (near the police station, Tell Irbid).

Irbid has numerous hotels of various categories and offers a starting point for excursions to the northern Jordan Valley or to Umm Qais (Gadara) , Gerasa , Kufr Dscha'yiz, Huwarra, Abila , Pella , Adschlun (Qala'at er-Rabad) , Umm al-Jimal and to Syria .

climate

Irbid
Climate diagram
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Temperature in ° Cprecipitation in mm
Source: WMO
Average monthly temperatures and rainfall for Irbid
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Max. Temperature ( ° C ) 12.9 14.1 16.9 22.1 26.9 29.9 31.1 31.3 29.8 26.6 20.6 15.0 O 23.1
Min. Temperature (° C) 4.9 5.4 7.3 10.6 14.1 17.4 19.2 19.6 18.2 15.1 10.0 6.4 O 12.4
Precipitation ( mm ) 111.6 92.3 87.5 25.7 6.7 0.6 0.0 0.0 0.7 13.2 50.4 82.9 Σ 471.6
Rainy days ( d ) 11.3 10.6 9.4 4.6 2.0 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.2 3.2 6.0 9.6 Σ 57.1
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Source: WMO

Personalities

literature

Web links

Commons : Irbid  - collection of images, videos and audio files