Anjara
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| native_name = {{lang|ar|عنجرة}}
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| subdivision_name1 = Ajloun Governorate
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Anjara ({{langx|ar|عنجرة}}) is an ancient town located at northern Jordan in the Ajloun Governorate. The city is situated 4 kilometers to the south of Ajloun, and 73 kilometers to the north of the Jordanian capital Amman.
Etymology
The name of Anjara is composed of two words: Ain (spring well in Arabic) + Jara meaning running. The full name would mean the "running spring".
History
In biblical legend, Anjara has its assertions where Jesus and His Mother Mary passed through here and lived in a cave during their journey to the ten cities of Decapolis.
In 1596, during the Ottoman Empire, 'Anjara was noted in the census as being located in the nahiya of Ajloun in the liwa of Ajloun. It had a population of 27 Muslim households and 4 Muslim bachelors, in addition to 13 Christian households and 1 Christian bachelor. They paid a fixed tax-rate of 25% on various agricultural products, including wheat, barley, olive trees, goats and beehives, in addition to occasional revenues; a total of 10,000 akçe.Hütteroth and Abdulfattah, 1977, p. 162
In 1838 'Anjara's inhabitants were predominantly Sunni Muslims and Greek Christians.Smith, in Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 3, 2nd appendix, p. [https://archive.org/stream/biblicalresearch03robiuoft#page/166/mode/1up 166]
The Jordanian census of 1961 found 3,163 inhabitants in 'Anjara,Government of Jordan, Department of Statistics, 1964, p. [http://users.cecs.anu.edu.au/~bdm/yabber/census/JordanCensusPages/JordanCensus1961-p14.pdf 14] of whom 719 were Christians.Government of Jordan, Department of Statistics, 1964, pp. [http://users.cecs.anu.edu.au/~bdm/yabber/census/JordanCensusPages/JordanCensus1961-pp115-116.pdf 115–116]
Landmarks
- Our Lady of the Mount, Anjara, Jordan,{{Cite web|url=http://thewayofbeauty.org/2016/04/our-lady-of-the-mount-anjara-jordan-a-church-and-a-story-that-reveals-more-of-charism-ive/|title=Our Lady of the Mount, Anjara, Jordan – a church and a story that reveals more of charism IVE — The Way of Beauty The Way of Beauty|website=thewayofbeauty.org|language=en-US|access-date=2017-06-05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170617110447/http://thewayofbeauty.org/2016/04/our-lady-of-the-mount-anjara-jordan-a-church-and-a-story-that-reveals-more-of-charism-ive/|archive-date=2017-06-17|url-status=dead}}{{Citation|last=Darcizia Tranciuc|title=Anjara Jordan|date=2012-07-29|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T2jHj5Axt7o|accessdate=2017-06-05}} a Catholic pilgrim site{{Cite web|url=http://al-bushra.org/christian-pilgrimage-to-our-lady-of-the-mountain-grotto-in-anjara-marked/|title=Christian pilgrimage to 'Our Lady of the Mountain' grotto in Anjara marked {{!}} Al-Bushra|website=al-bushra.org|language=en-US|access-date=2017-06-05}}{{Dead link|date=August 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} in the Middle East.{{Cite web |url=https://www.nebotours.com/ajlun-and-anjara |title=Ajlun And Anjara |access-date=2017-01-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170116145227/https://www.nebotours.com/ajlun-and-anjara |archive-date=2017-01-16 |url-status=dead }}
Notable people
- Saba Mubarak (born 1976), Jordanian actress and producer
- Lewis Mukattash (1943-2011), Jordanian linguist, scholar and academic. Professor of English Linguistics.
References
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Bibliography
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- {{cite book | title = First Census of Population and Housing. Volume I: Final Tables; General Characteristics of the Population | author = Government of Jordan, Department of Statistics | year = 1964|url=http://cs.anu.edu.au/~bdm/yabber/census/JordanCensus1961bits.pdf}}
- {{cite book | last1= Hütteroth|first1=W.-D.|author-link1=Wolf-Dieter Hütteroth |first2=K. | last2=Abdulfattah |author-link2=Kamal Abdulfattah | title = Historical Geography of Palestine, Transjordan and Southern Syria in the Late 16th Century |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=wqULAAAAIAAJ | year = 1977 | publisher = Erlanger Geographische Arbeiten, Sonderband 5. Erlangen, Germany: Vorstand der Fränkischen Geographischen Gesellschaft|isbn= 3-920405-41-2}}
- {{cite book|last1=Robinson|first1=E.|authorlink1=Edward Robinson (scholar)|last2=Smith|first2=E.|authorlink2=Eli Smith|year=1841|url=https://archive.org/details/biblicalresearch03robiuoft |title=Biblical Researches in Palestine, Mount Sinai and Arabia Petraea: A Journal of Travels in the year 1838| location=Boston|publisher=Crocker & Brewster|volume=3}}
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External links
- [https://acor.digitalrelab.com/index.php?s=filter=place_name:Anjara%20(Jordan) Photos of Anjara] at the American Center of Research
Category:Populated places in Ajloun Governorate
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