Malka, Jordan

Malka village بلدة ملكا
Town
Northern part of town
Flag Seal
Malka village
Coordinates: 32°39′55″N 35°44′00″E
Grid position	221/232
Country	Jordan
Governorate	Irbid Governorate
Government
• Mayor of Khalid Bin Al Waleed Municipality	Khaled Malkawi
Population  (2015)
• Total	11,706
Time zone	GMT +2
• Summer (DST)	+3
Area code	+962(2)

Malka (Arabic: ملكا) is a Jordanian town located in the north of Irbid on the border with Syria (opposite the Golan Heights). It is one of the largest villages in Bani Kinanah Department. It has fertile soil and abundant springs. It has the largest pond in the north of Jordan.

Malka Municipality was established in 1974 and remained so until 2001, when the municipalities in the Malka area were merged with Khalid bin Al-Waleed Municipality. Later, Malka and Mansoura Municipality, which is affiliated with Khalid bin Al-Waleed Municipality, was founded. Malka has a post office that was established in 1966, and a park was also created to serve the people of Malka and the surrounding villages.

Name Origin

Malka was named after a Roman queen who lived there, named "Malka." The caves, grottos, and olive trees indicate that Malka was home to various civilizations, including the Roman, Islamic, and Ottoman eras. It is also known for its rich traditions, customs, and folk songs.

Geography

A view from Malka shows Al-Himma al-Urduniyya in the Jordan Valley of Bani Kinanah Department

Malka is located on a mountainous agricultural land with red soil. It is about 91 km from the capital Amman and from Irbid 22 km. It rises about 500 meters above sea level and is bordered to the east by Hatem and Abder, from the west by Umm Qays, from the north by Syria, from the south by Dukra and Kufr Asad. The total area of the organized land is approximately 1,700 dunums, and for the unorganized lands, it is about 8,096 dunums. Malka owned by Khalid bin al-Walid municipality, headed by Hussein Al-Malkawi.

History

The battlefield of Yarmouk across a ravine.

The town overlooks the ancient Roman city of Jadara, which was one of the ten cities that made up the Decapolis union.

In August 636 the Battle of Yarmouk took place there between the Rashidun Caliphate and the Byzantine Empire which resulted in the Muslim conquest of the Levant.

In 1838 Malka's inhabitants were predominantly Sunni Muslim.

The Jordanian census of 1961 found 1,634 inhabitants in Malka.

Notable Figures

• Sheikh Ahmad bin Rashid bin Tarqan Al-Malkawi, grew up in Damascus, where he worked and worked in jurisprudence and hadeeth, he was mentioned in Extensive response book. He died in the year between 1400 and 1401.
• Suhaib Al Malkawi announcer on Al Jazeera
• Abdallah Malkawi announcer on France 24
• Mohammad Al-Malkawi is a Jordanian general that held the post of Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff of the Jordanian Armed Forces from 18 July 1999 to 5 March 2002.

Bibliography

• Government of Jordan, Department of Statistics (1964). First Census of Population and Housing. Volume I: Final Tables; General Characteristics of the Population (PDF).
• Robinson, E.; Smith, E. (1841). Biblical Researches in Palestine, Mount Sinai and Arabia Petraea: A Journal of Travels in the year 1838. Vol. 3. Boston: Crocker & Brewster.