Halawah
Sign in to saveHalawah (حلاوة) is a village in Ajloun Governorate, Jordan. Along with Al Hashimiyya and Al Wahadinah, it makes up the Ash Shefa Municipality. ==History== In 1596, during the Ottoman Empire, Halawah was noted in the census as being located in the nahiya of Ajloun in the liwa of Ajloun. It had a population of 14 Muslim households and 1 Muslim bachelor. They paid a fixed tax-rate of 25% on various agricultural products, including wheat, barley, olive trees, goats and beehives, in addition to occasional revenues; a total of 2,760 akçe.
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Place details
- Locality
- حلاوة
- Region
- عجلون
- Country
- الأردن
- Population
- 5,376
- Timezone
- Asia/Amman
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Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- Halawah
- Settlement.native_name
- حلاوة
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Halawah, Jordan.jpg
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Jordan
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- bottom
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Jordan
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- 25px Jordan
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Governorate
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Ajloun Governorate
- Settlement.unit_pref
- Imperial
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2015
- Settlement.population_total
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Halawah (حلاوة) is a village in Ajloun Governorate, Jordan. Along with Al Hashimiyya and Al Wahadinah, it makes up the Ash Shefa Municipality. ==History== In 1596, during the Ottoman Empire, Halawah was noted in the census as being located in the nahiya of Ajloun in the liwa of Ajloun. It had a population of 14 Muslim households and 1 Muslim bachelor. They paid a fixed tax-rate of 25% on various agricultural products, including wheat, barley, olive trees, goats and beehives, in addition to occasional revenues; a total of 2,760 akçe.
In 1838 Halawah's inhabitants were predominantly Sunni Muslims.