Aydoun

Aydoun

ايدون
Aydoun ايدون
City
	Aydoun Location in Jordan
	Coordinates: 32°25′55″N 35°51′30″E / 32.43194°N 35.85833°ECoordinates: 32°25′55″N 35°51′30″E / 32.43194°N 35.85833°E
Grid position	231/212
Country	Jordan
Governorate	Irbid Governorate
Time zone	UTC + 2

Aydoun (Arabic: ايدون, alternatively Adun or Idoun or Edoun) is the name of a city in Irbid Governorate in Jordan. Some writers associate the town with the ancient city of Dium, one of the cities of the Decapolis,^[1] but this is disputed. It had a population of 63,244 as of 2018.^[2]

History[]

In 1596, during the Ottoman Empire, Aydoun was noted in the census as being located in the nahiya of Bani al-Asar in the liwa of Hawran. It had a population of 32 households and 21 bachelors; all Muslim. They paid a fixed tax-rate of 25% on various agricultural products, including wheat, barley, summer crops/vineyards/fruit trees, goats and beehives; a total of 10,215 akçe.^[3]

In 1838 Aydoun's inhabitants were predominantly Sunni Muslims, and the village was noted as located in the Beni 'Öbeid area.^[4]

The Jordanian census of 1961 found 1,700 inhabitants in Aidun.^[5]

Famous people from Aydoun (Idoun)[]

HE Major General Qassem Pasha Al-Nasser,
Attorney General Mahmoud Hanandeh

References[]

^ "The Decapolis". Retrieved 2009-05-23.
^ [1]
^ Hütteroth and Abdulfattah, 1977, p. 205
^ Smith, in Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 3, 2nd appendix, p. 164
^ Government of Jordan, Department of Statistics, 1964, p. 18

Bibliography[]

Government of Jordan, Department of Statistics (1964). First Census of Population and Housing. Volume I: Final Tables; General Characteristics of the Population (PDF).
Hütteroth, Wolf-Dieter; Abdulfattah, Kamal (1977). Historical Geography of Palestine, Transjordan and Southern Syria in the Late 16th Century. Erlanger Geographische Arbeiten, Sonderband 5. Erlangen, Germany: Vorstand der Fränkischen Geographischen Gesellschaft. ISBN 3-920405-41-2.
Robinson, E.; Smith, E. (1841). Biblical Researches in Palestine, Mount Sinai and Arabia Petraea: A Journal of Travels in the year 1838. 3. Boston: Crocker & Brewster.

[1] "The Decapolis". Retrieved 2009-05-23.

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[3] Hütteroth and Abdulfattah, 1977, p. 205

[4] Smith, in Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 3, 2nd appendix, p. 164

[5] Government of Jordan, Department of Statistics, 1964, p. 18

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v t Irbid Governorate of Jordan
Capital	Irbid
Departments	Koura Department Bani Kinanah Department
Cities and towns	Al Husn Al Mazar al Shamali Al-Shuna al-Shamalyah Ar Ramtha AshShajarah Aydoun Bushra Der Abi Saeed Habaka Huwwarah Johfiyeh Kafr Al-Maa Kufr 'Awan Kufr Rakeb Malka Marw Natifah Samma Umm Qais Zoubia
Others	Capitolias/Beit Ras Pella Husn Camp

Aydoun ايدون
City
Aydoun Location in Jordan
Coordinates: 32°25′55″N 35°51′30″E / 32.43194°N 35.85833°E / 32.43194; 35.85833Coordinates: 32°25′55″N 35°51′30″E / 32.43194°N 35.85833°E / 32.43194; 35.85833
Grid position	231/212
Country	Jordan
Governorate	Irbid Governorate
Time zone	UTC + 2