Ajloun

History

In 1596, during the Ottoman Empire, Ajloun was noted in the census as being located in the nahiya of Ajloun in the liwa of Ajloun. It had a population of 313 Muslim households, and 20 Muslim bachelors, in addition to 2 Christian households. They paid taxes on various agricultural products, including olive trees, vineyards, fruit trees, vegetables and fruit garden, orchards, bayt al-mal wa mal ga'ib, goats and beehives, in addition to occasional revenues; a market toll and water mill; a total of 14,500 akçe. In 1838 Ajloun's inhabitants were predominantly Sunni Muslims and Greek Christians. The Jordanian census of 1961 found 5,390 inhabitants in Ajloun, of whom 2,023 were Christians.

Most-observed species

• Eurasian Collared-Dove

  Streptopelia decaocto (Frivaldszky, 1838) · Aves
  2,106
• White-spectacled Bulbul

  Pycnonotus xanthopygos (Hemprich & Ehrenberg, 1833) · Aves
  2,072
• Graceful Prinia

  Prinia gracilis (Lichtenstein, 1823) · Aves
  2,033
• White-throated Kingfisher

  Halcyon smyrnensis (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  1,981
• Barn Swallow

  Hirundo rustica Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  1,951
• Laughing Dove

  Spilopelia senegalensis (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves
  1,894
• Spur-winged Lapwing

  Vanellus spinosus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  1,835
• House Sparrow

  Passer domesticus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  1,811

Most recent

• M 4.1 — 2023-02-07
  Dead Sea region
• M 3.7 — 2022-01-23
  4 km ENE of Kafr Mi?r, Israel
• M 4.1 — 2022-01-22
  4 km E of Taiyiba, Israel
• M 2.9 — 2018-07-27
  1 km ESE of Migdal, Israel
• M 2.9 — 2018-07-22
  9 km E of Tiberias, Israel
• M 4.7 — 2018-07-04
  2 km NNE of Giv‘at Avni, Israel