al-Mafraq

Mafraq is the capital metropolis of Mafraq Governorate in Jordan, placed 80 km to the north from the capital Amman in crossroad to Syria to the north and Iraq to the east. It has fifty six,340 population. Mafraq turned into first settled within the 4th century BC. It is placed about 17 km west from the ancient Nabataean and Byzantine city of Umm el-Jimal, which turned into constructed in the 1st century. The metropolis was first named "Fudain", which comes from the phrase Fortress in Arabic. The metropolis won a significant significance after the established order of the Hejaz Railway connecting Istanbul to Medina.

It became renamed to the modern-day call Mafraq with the aid of the Ottoman Turks, which means 'Cross roads". Mafraq became also the vicinity of a British military base and airport from the early twentieth century. It later became the base for the Arab Legion all through the 1948 Arab–Israeli War. In the 12 months 1945, the Municipality of Mafraq was installed with Ali Abdeyyah as its first mayor. During World War II, the town's military base hosted British troops from India, Australia, and other British colonies.