Aydoun
ايدون
City
Aydoun is located in Jordan
Aydoun
Aydoun
Location in Jordan
Coordinates: 32°25′55″N 35°51′30″E / 32.43194°N 35.85833°E / 32.43194; 35.85833
Grid position231/212
Country Jordan
GovernorateIrbid Governorate
Time zoneUTC + 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]

Notable people from Aydoun (Idoun)

References

  1. ↑ "The Decapolis". Atlastours.net. Retrieved 2009-05-23.
  2. ↑ "Estimated Population of the Kingdom by Municipality and Sex, at End-year 2018" (PDF). Dosweb.dosa.gov.jo. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 April 2021. Retrieved 9 March 2022.
  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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