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Town in Irbid Governorate, Jordan From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Malka (Arabic: ملكا) is a Jordanian town located in the north of Irbid on the border with Syria (opposite the Golan Heights). It is one of the largest villages in Bani Kinanah Department. It has fertile soil and abundant springs. It has the largest pond in the north of Jordan.[citation needed]
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Malka village
بلدة ملكا | |
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Town | |
Coordinates: 32°39′55″N 35°44′00″E | |
Grid position | 221/232 |
Country | Jordan |
Governorate | Irbid Governorate |
Government | |
• Mayor of Khalid Bin Al Waleed Municipality | Khaled Malkawi |
Population (2015)[1] | |
• Total | 11,706 |
Time zone | GMT +2 |
• Summer (DST) | +3 |
Area code | +962(2) |
Malka is located on a mountainous agricultural land with red soil. It is about 91 km from the capital Amman and from Irbid 22 km. It rises about 500 meters above sea level and is bordered to the east by Hatem and Abder, from the west by Umm Qays, from the north by Syria, from the south by Dukra and Kufr Asad. The total area of the organized land is approximately 1,700 dunums, and for the unorganized lands, it is about 8,096 dunums. Malka owned by Khalid bin al-Walid municipality, headed by Hussein Al-Malkawi.
The town overlooks the ancient Roman city of Jadara, which was one of the ten cities that made up the Decapolis union.
In August 636 the Battle of Yarmouk took place there between the Rashidun Caliphate and the Byzantine Empire.
In 1838 Malka's inhabitants were predominantly Sunni Muslims.[2]
The Jordanian census of 1961 found 1,634 inhabitants in Malka.[3]
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