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IrbidTown (pop., 1994: 208,329), northern Jordan. Built on Early Bronze Age settlements, it may have been the biblical city of Beth Arbel and the Arbila of the ancient Decapolis. Modern Irbid is one of Jordan's industrial areas and an agricultural centre. The many springs in the area, in addition to the Yarmuk River, provide water for irrigation. It is the home of Yarmuk University. Irbid a town in NW Jordan. Pop.: 280 000 (2005 est.) Irbid a city in northern Jordan, administrative center of the Irbid governorate. Population, 63,000 (1967). A highway junction, Irbid is a commercial center of an agricultural region (wheat, barley, olives). There is handicraft production of household articles in the city. Want to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit the webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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No references found | Pursued by the regime for being an Islamist, Dulaimi in 1995 moved to Jordan and became a professor of Arabic at the University of Irbed. MP Rasmi Mallah from Irbed said, "If decentralization was implemented on development and services in the governorates it will be good; because it's better for projects in Irbed for example to be supervised by its people, rather than bringing supervisors from Amman who are not aware of the conditions of the area. Utoum abducted *Ali Al-Utoum, a member of the Islamic Action Front Party bloc in the dissolved 14th Parliament said a group of men grabbed, blindfolded and abducted him in their van on Tuesday as he was walking to the mosque for dawn prayers in Irbed. |
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