Aydoun

Aydoun (Arabic: ايدون‎, alternatively Adun or Idoun) is the name of a city in Irbid Governorate in Jordan. Some writers associate the town with the ancient city of Dium, one of the cities of the Decapolis,[1] but this is disputed. It had a population of 18,586 as of 2004.[2]

Aydoun

ايدون
Town
Aydoun
Location in Jordan
Coordinates: 32°25′55″N 35°51′30″E
Grid position231/212
Country Jordan
GovernorateIrbid Governorate
Time zoneUTC + 2

History

In 1596, during the Ottoman Empire, Aydoun was noted in the census as being located in the nahiya of Bani al-Asar in the liwa of Hawran. It had a population of 32 households and 21 bachelors; all Muslim. They paid a fixed tax-rate of 25% on various agricultural products, including wheat, barley, summer crops/vineyards/fruit trees, goats and beehives; a total of 10,215 akçe.[3]

In 1838 Aydoun's inhabitants were predominantly Sunni Muslims, and the village was noted as located in the Beni 'Öbeid area.[4]

The Jordanian census of 1961 found 1,700 inhabitants in Aidun.[5]

Famous people from Aydoun (Idoun)

References
  1. "The Decapolis". Retrieved 2009-05-23.
  2. City Population, Jordan
  3. Hütteroth and Abdulfattah, 1977, p. 205
  4. Smith, in Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 3, 2nd appendix, p. 164
  5. Government of Jordan, Department of Statistics, 1964, p. 18

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