Balqa Governorate
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Balqa Governorate
محافظة البلقاء | |
---|---|
Salt | |
Government | |
• Governor | Nayef Al-Hidayat |
Area | |
• Total | 1,120 km2 (430 sq mi) |
Population (2012) | |
• Total | 428,000 |
• Density | 380/km2 (990/sq mi) |
Time zone | GMT +2 |
• Summer (DST) | +3 |
Area code | +(962)5 |
Urban | 71.8% |
Rural | 28.2% |
HDI (2021) | 0.716[1] high · 4th of 12 |
Balqa' (
, Jordan's capital.The governorate has the fourth largest population of the 12 governorates of Jordan, and is ranked 10th by area. It has the third highest population density in the kingdom after Irbid Governorate and Jerash Governorate.
History
The "
early campaign against the Arabs on the approaches to southern Syria.[2] During biblical times, the southern part of Balqa was known as the Plains of Moab.[citation needed
]
During
Battles for Amman campaign, marking the end of a 500-year Ottoman rule.[citation needed
]
On March 21, 1968, the town of
PLO) on the other side. It was one of the largest military confrontations of the War of Attrition, in the period between the Six-Day War of 1967 and the Yom Kippur War
of 1973.
Administrative divisions
The capital of the Balqa' Governorate is
Fuhais
and Ain Al-Basha.
Department | Arabic name | population (2004) | Administrative Center | |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Capital Department (Al-Qasaba) | لواء قصبة اﻟﺴﻠﻂ | 109,877 | Salt
|
2 | Ash-Shunah al-Janubiyah District | ﻟﻮاء اﻟﺸﻮﻧﺔ اﻟﺠﻨﻮﺑﻴﺔ | 38,757 | Shuna al-Janubiyya
|
3 | Deir Alla District | ﻟﻮاء دﻳﺮ ﻋﻼ | 46,481 | Deir Alla |
4 | Ain Al Basha District | ﻟﻮاء ﻋﻴﻦ اﻟﺒﺎﺷﺎ | 128,949 | Ain Al-Basha |
5 | Mahis and Fuheis District | ﻟﻮاء ﻣﺎﺣﺺ واﻟﻔﺤﻴﺺ | 22,290 | Mahis |
Demographics
The population of districts according to census results:[4]
District | Population (Census 1994) |
Population (Census 2004) |
Population (Census 2015) |
---|---|---|---|
Balqa Governorate | 276,082 | 346,354 | 491,709 |
'Aīn al-Bāshā | ... | 128,949 | 176,726 |
Ash-Shūnah al-Janūbīyah | 33,598 | 38,757 | 52,714 |
Dīr 'Allā | 39,538 | 46,481 | 73,477 |
Māḥeṣ & al-Fuḥaīṣ | ... | 22,290 | 36,670 |
Qaṣabah as-Salṭ | ... | 109,877 | 152,122 |
Economy
Due to its fertile mountains, the governorate's economy is based on agriculture, as well as industry, such as the cement factory in Fuheis, run by Jordan Cement Factories Ltd - Lafarge, and pharmaceutical companies including the Arab Pharmaceutical Manufacturing company.
There are two universities in the governorate:
Salt. It is also home to the SESAME
facility, the first research facility of its type in the Middle East.
Gallery
References
- ^ "Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab". hdi.globaldatalab.org. Retrieved 2018-09-13.
- ^ Howard-Johnston, James, Witnesses to a World Crisis: Historians and Histories of the Middle East in the Seventh Century, Oxford University Press, 2010, p. 373
- ^ 2004 Census Archived July 22, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Jordan: Administrative Division, Governorates and Districts". citypopulation.de. Retrieved 25 December 2016.