Husn

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Husn

Coordinates32.49°, 35.88°

Demographic figures from Department of Statistics (Jordan). Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Al-Husn is a town in northern Jordan, located 65 km (40 mi) north of Amman, and about 7 km (4 mi) south of Irbid. It has a population of 35,085. The region has fertile soil which along with the moderate climate allows the growing of high quality crops. Al Husn was known for its wine; now its main products are wheat and olive oil. It is the administrative center of the Bani Obaid district.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Wildlife & biodiversity

Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

Earthquake history

Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).

Notable people from here

Abdullah Al-Tell

Jordanian army commander (1918–1973)

Ali Khulqi Alsharairi

Jordanian politician (1878-1960)

Maroun Lahham

Roman Catholic archbishop

Yasser Ayyash

Jordanian archbishop

Abdelraouf al-Rawabdeh

Jordanian politician

Anas Bani Yaseen

football player

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Asad Ghanma

Jordanian Army general (1930-2006)

Monther Rayahneh

Jordanian actor

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Naseer Shahir Homoud

Jordanian businessperson

Suleiman Mousa

Jordanian historian (1919–2008)

Fawzi al-Mulki

Jordanian politician (1910–1962)

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Ammar Abu Aleeqa

Footballer

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Anas Al-Zboun

Jordanian footballer

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Anas Hamadeh

Jordanian swimmer

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Baraah Awadallah

Jordanian middle distance runner

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Bashar Bani Yaseen

Jordanian footballer

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

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  602 mi away
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  624.6 mi away · pop. 97,000
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  625.3 mi away
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  632.8 mi away · pop. 8,629
• Saqqez
  646.4 mi away · pop. 140,000
• Bazargan
  673.1 mi away · pop. 9,000
• Khamaneh
  675.7 mi away · pop. 3,056
• Bisotun
  679.3 mi away · pop. 4,942
• Kuhdasht
  683 mi away · pop. 89,091
• Pol Dokhtar
  688.2 mi away · pop. 26,352
• Bonab-e-Jadid
  697.2 mi away · pop. 4,430
• Tabriz
  702.3 mi away · pop. 1,558,693

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Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Husn

Search results from Open Library.