Halawah
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Halawah (حلاوة) is a village in Ajloun Governorate, Jordan. Along with Al Hashimiyya and Al Wahadinah, it makes up the Ash Shefa Municipality.
History
In 1596, during the Ottoman Empire, Halawah was noted in the census as being located in the nahiya of Ajloun in the liwa of Ajloun. It had a population of 14 Muslim households and 1 Muslim 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 2,760 akçe.Hütteroth and Abdulfattah, 1977, p. 162
In 1838 Halawah's inhabitants were predominantly Sunni Muslims.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 972 inhabitants in Halawa.Government of Jordan, Department of Statistics, 1964, p. [http://users.cecs.anu.edu.au/~bdm/yabber/census/JordanCensusPages/JordanCensus1961-p18.pdf 18]
Demographics
As of the census of 2015, there were 8,647 people, and 14 families residing in the village.
Climate
Halawah's climate is typified by warm, dry summers followed by cold, rainy winters with short transitional seasons in between.
Transportation
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=http://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
- [http://www.wikimapia.org/#lat=32.3813024&lon=35.6612778&z=15&l=0&m=a&v=2 Satellite Images of Halawah]
- [http://www.fallingrain.com/world/JO/00/Halawah.html Weather information for Halawah]
- [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l7Dho0_fI5I Video of Halawah showing the terrain]
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Category:Populated places in Ajloun Governorate
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