Irbid

Irbid recognised in historic instances as Arabella or Arbela, is the capital and biggest metropolis of the Irbid Governorate. It also has the second biggest metropolitan population in Jordan after Amman, with a populace of around 1,770,158. Irbid is positioned approximately 70 kilometres north of Amman at the northern ridge of the Gilead, equidistant from Pella, Beit Ras, and Um Qais, and approximately 20 kilometres south of the Syrian border.

Artifacts and graves inside the area show that Irbid changed into inhabited in the Bronze Age. Pieces of pottery and wall stones determined at Tell Irbid had been predicted to be made within the 12 months 3200 B.C. In the Hellenistic length, Irbid, then known as Arabella changed into a major alternate center. Before the appearance of Islam, Arabella become well-known for generating a number of the first-rate wines within the historical global. The place in the region had extremely fertile soil and slight weather, allowing the developing of high fine grapes.