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History: Arabic Jordan Irbid
History: Arabic Jordan Irbid
AL-Ramtha, also known as Al-Ramtha (Arabic: )ا لرمثاis a city situated in the far northwest of Jordan. It covers 40 km, in a
flat location 30 km northeast of the Jordan River and Irbid. and has a population of 120,365 people(2013)..
the average number of family members for each family is 5 Persons and the most families is described by nuclear family type. The
total family numbers are about 15500 families (Municipality, 2013). 52.0%48.0% females males
In the 2017, ar-Ramtha had a population of approximately 164,211, making it the eleventh largest city in Jordan, and the
second in Irbid Governorate,
Al-Ramtha is named after a local desert plant, Al Ramath (Arabic: )ا لرمث. During its occupation by the Roman Empire, the
city was known as Ramatha.
Prehistory[edit]
The stable climate in ar-Ramtha and its surrounding areas attracted many animals to live in neighborhood of ar-Ramtha, as
well the simple conditions for managing a stable long life there attracted humans to make those regions their earliest choices
to gather in groups of hunters and to live in rocky caves.
Classical Era
During the past the Roman Empire utilized Ar Ramtha as a remote hub to cross-link their colonies.
. During the Islamic expansion, Ar Ramtha, which was in the Houran territory, was a port for Muslim scholars crossing
between Syria and Al-Hijaz. Historically and sociologically, the city is the twin to Daraa city in Syria, which is located on
just the other side of the border.
Ottoman era[edit]
In 1596 it appeared in the Ottoman tax registers under the name of Ramta, being part of the nahiya of
Butayna in the Qadaa Hauran. It had an entirely Muslim population consisting of 16 households and 3
bachelors. They paid a fixed tax-rate of 40% on agricultural products, including wheat, barley, summer
crops, goats and bee-hives; a total of 2,740 akçe. Half of this was waqf income.[7]
Modern era[edit]
The Jordanian census of 1961 found 10,791 inhabitants in Ramtha. [8]
Ar Ramtha is named after a local desert plant, Al Ramath (Arabic: .)
During its occupation by the Roman Empire, the city was known as
Ramatha.
6. During the past the Roman Empire utilized Ar Ramtha as a remote hub
to cross-link their colonies. During the past the Roman Empire utilized Ar
Ramtha as a remote hub to cross-link their colonies. . During the Islamic
expansion, Ar Ramtha, which was in the Houran territory, was a port for
Muslim scholars crossing between Syria and Al-Hijaz. Historically and
sociologically, the city is the twin to Daraa city in Syria, which is located
on just the other side of the border.
History
Ar-Ramtha districts consist of (5) villages: Shajarah, Ar-Ramthah,
Emrawah, Thunibah and Lebwedah, its cover 458 km, and has a
population of nearly 150,000. (Municipality, 2013).
It is started from The center of the city (down town) as any traditional city
It is expanding in construction around the center
It started in the center with organic radial growth
The growth reached first ring road
They create a new ring road
The growth expanded towered the 2nd ring road
Then directed in leaner form towered just university
POPULATION OF AL RAMTHA
Ethnicity
All families are Muslims and they shared in one homogenous social culture,
Jordanian Islamic Arab culture.
- The health care center provides primary care, very simple treatments,
immunizations, and screening programs for school health one time yearly.
There are a large number of people from Ar-Ramthah are working outside
Jordan in the Arab and European countries, this contributes to the support
of the Ar-Ramthah economy
Name of place Number Name of place Number Name of place Number
Home appliance
Diary product 32 Internet coffee 29 43
shop
Supermarkets And
590 pharmacy 27 Book shop 24
consumer organizations
Billiards and
Gas station 7 Dental center 5 16
Games Shops
Recreation :
There 3 parks in Ar Ramtha
There ”alshallaleh”
Education
The total number of students in all school about (16793) about 1800 in Al-
tawjehy and about 2400 in the first class in 22 public schools; 9
secondary female, 9 secondary male and 21 primary schools, 8
private schools and 13 nursery.
( Ministry of Education at Ar-Ramtha).
Ar-Ramtha City schools suffer from overcrowding in classrooms as a
result of receiving the Syrian Students (11,000 Syrian students in all
schools Ramtha Brigade). (Ministry of Education at Ar-Ramtha,).
There are in Ar-Ramtha eight private schools.
Ar-Ramtha students studying in Al-yarmook university, Jordan university
of Science and technology, al-balqa’a university in Irbid, and AL-Albayt
University in Al-Mafraq city Because of the proximity of these
universities.
Hosting this large number of Syrian refugees has exacerbated the hard situation
of AlRamtha city, in the light of the absence of governmental support for the city;
especially that 7 Syrian refugees have been competing with the local population
for the limited resources and public services such as; labor market, housing,
education and other services (Alghad newspaper, 2016). The figures below, show
aerial photographs for Al-Ramtha city before and after the Syrian crisis.
Community subsystem
:Physical environment
Located in the “Sahel Horan” area , that far 15 kilometer north of Irbid
.center
Lands covered with green grasses, lawns, flowers and farms which
.flourish during the spring season
POPULATION OF AL RAMTHA
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Al-Ramtha city is one of the first cities that has received Syrian refugees
since the beginning of the crisis in Syria, moreover, it has absorbed large
portion of Syrian refugees before the establishment of Syrian refugee
camps (Alghad newspaper, 2016). According to the head of the greater
Ramtha municipality, the number of Syrian refugees in Al-Ramtha city
was (130,000) in 2019; which represents a significant increase in the
number of population (Khaberni, 2019). Hosting this large number of
Syrian refugees has exacerbated the hard situation of AlRamtha city, in the
light of the absence of governmental support for the city; especially the
Syrian refugees have been competing with the local population for the
limited resources and public services such as; labor market, housing,
education and other services (Alghad newspaper, 2016). The figures
below, show aerial photographs for Al-Ramtha city before and after the
Syrian crisis.
Figure 4: A: Aerial photograph of Al-Ramtha city, 2009. B: Aerial photograph
of AlRamtha city, 2011. C: Aerial photograph of Al-Ramtha city, 2016. D:
Aerial photograph of Al-Ramtha city, 2019 Source: Google maps, 2020
climate