Johfiyeh

Johfiyeh جحفية
Johfiyeh-Historical Village
Flag of Johfiyeh Flag
Country	Jordan
Province	Irbid Governorate
Government
• Type	Municipality
• Mayor	Yahya Ibrahim Telfah
Area
• Metro	4 km2 (1.5 sq mi)
Elevation	794 m (2,605 ft)
Population  (2008)
• Johfiyeh-Historical Village	4,000
Time zone	GMT +2
• Summer (DST)	+3
Area code	+(962)2
Website	http://www.irbid.gov.jo/

Johfiyah (or Johfiyeh), Juhfiyah (or Juhfiyeh) (Template:Lang-ar) is a historical and archaeological village in northern Jordan, located 80 kilometers north of the capital Amman, and about 7.5 km southwest of the city Irbid (Araballa). Its estimated population is 4000, and the major family (tribes or clans) is Talafha (Telfah).

The ancient village Johfiyah has been thriving distinctly from the Stone Age until the Ottoman Empire, it was the largest urban and population centers until the advent of the ten Romanian fortified cities Decapolis in the Roman era. Over the ages of the most important agricultural centers and centers of grain storage and agricultural crops and plants the most important surveillance and reconnaissance methods and carrier pigeon. Believed that most of its historic ruins and buildings collapsed after the quake, which hit the region in 747 AD and the earthquakes that followed it. Johfiyah over on a hill overseeing the mountainous plains Horan, overlooking the Golan Heights and Mount Hermon and the Lake of Tiberias, overlooking the beginning of the mountains of Ajloun. That its unique special importance given that through the ages. Jehvip originated in the Stone Age, as evidenced by surveys and archaeological discoveries that have proved Oidhaonha first archaeological site in northern Jordan dates to the stone age 2200 BC. It flourished in the Iron Age and the Bronze Age as evidenced by late effects found in the Tell Johfiyeh. Johfiyeh found in Greek inscriptions, as well as to cut marble and basaltic and break the pottery belonging to the Hellenistic era and the beginning of the Roman era, which indicates the prosperity of that era. Continued prosperous and exceptionally in terms of subsequent ages was one of the colonies Romanian Romanian as evidenced by the effects of sculptures, coins and pottery found in a variety of Bora hill Teen honored in the presence of one of the palaces believed extinct ROMANIAN as evidenced by stone carvings trimmed. There was a thriving also during the period of the Byzantines who had converted to Christianity and it was clear from the monuments like the church, the Byzantine belonging to the sixth century AD and distinctive floor mosaic color and the remnants of the walls of lime and Beer Church except for the cemetery Byzantine that extends from the western site of the ancient church until Kerem-At'toot berries field South Othman Ibn Affan mosque. When combined Sharhabil bin good for Jordan Islamic rule and the Umayyad Caliphate was Johfiyeh of great importance and believed that the Umayyad rulers were visiting Johfiyeh for wild animal hunting and the enjoyment of the beautiful nature, and has found a lot of glassware and pottery belonging to the Umayyad era. Johfiyeh began lose it's importance after transferring center of the Islamic caliphate to Baghdad was largely sidelined during the Ottoman rule and lost in that period a lot of effects, histories and news. And abandonment of a lot of people and dispersed in the country and arrived in Tiberias, Palestine, the land of the Euphrates and the island began to fade and turn into a small village. At the end of Ottoman Empire and during the rule Faisali, Johfiyeh suffered of raids and attacks by Bedouin gunmen who were operating from the West Desert and Wadi Sirhan the Jordanian desert and they intend to seize crops and livestock peasants in the villages of Irbid and its surroundings, including Johfiyeh and all villages of Beni-Obeid. After the Gulf War (1990–1991) and endemic Kadmyin from Kuwait in Irbid and its villages and towns and the expansion of the city of Irbid and the invasion of the rural neighboring villages like Johfiyeh which began to lose it's identity as an independence rural village.

Site

Johfiyeh located about 80 km north of the Jordanian capital of Amman and at a distance of 7.5 km south-west of Irbid. It is part of Horan which lies from southern Syria to the north of Jordan. Surrounded by fertile agricultural plains from northern, eastern and southern sides. And oversees Jehvip Horan, on the plain on the north of Palestine. One can see the triangle Jordanian Syrian Palestinian clearly from the northwest Johfiyeh. In winter and in Mount Hermon the snow lasts until April and this shows the mountain from the village Johfiyeh clearly shining with the knowledge that Mount Hermon is located in Syria and Lebanon.

Topography of Johfiyeh

Johfiyeh similar to other villages north of Jordan. it lies on a plateau which is the highest compared to the villages located north and the least higher comparing to villages located south of it. Johfiyeh elevated a round 750 to 793 meters above sea level. And the decline of the mountains gradually hand Johfiyeh easy Horan where descend about 200 meters within a horizontal distance of more than 6 miles while the sharp decline of the west and north-west and south, where they descend more than 300 meters in horizontal distance of less than one kilometer. Suffer the western slope of the mountains and the southern Johfiyeh of soil erosion with rainfall, which led to the loss of these slopes of vegetation except for some shrubs and wild herbs found standing between the cracks in the rock residue from the soil, such as thyme and A'eiq and buckthorn. But clearly the situation is different when headed east, where the plateau begins Balastewae Hadhanth dark red fertile soil mixed with ash and Moakedalkadimp ovens (called al-masachen), which are the remains of civilizations that have followed on the plateau Bank. Which grows profusely wrapping fig trees and shrubs of cactus, including Roman olive trees (Rumi) and the hybrid olive trees. The further east and south, show the soil on the color black (dark brown and dark) and rich in flint, and then flows then to form an easy wonderful fills the horizon cultivated with wheat and barley, beans, chickpeas and Algosaiib and Almakec, corn, sesame seeds and planting is also a tangible contribution to the summer rain-fed, such as tomato, okra, wild cucumber (Faggos), zucchini and pumpkins. Valley of the ventricle is the separation between natural and Deir Yousef Johfiyeh while Jeron valley which separates them from AlMazar town, while Aghaffr valley separates Johfiyeh from Irbid. Does not have a natural break between the differentiated and the villages of Johfiyeh Natefp and important, which lies along the plateau of the eastern North.

Monuments and Archaeological site

• Tell Johfiyeh

Main article: Tell Johfiyeh

• The Old Mosque
• The Byzantine Church

• Dolmens: There are many examples of flint dolmens in the historical villages of Johfiyeh and Natifah in northern Jordan.

Flint Dolmen in Johfiyeh in Jordan

• Assieh
• Al Bateen:

  

  Flint Dolmen in Johfiyeh in Jordan

• Kherbet Hufa
• Umisrareh
• Rojmelaries