Natifah
ناطفة (إربد) | |
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Town | |
Coordinates: 32°31′09″N 35°49′19″E / 32.51917°N 35.82194°E | |
Grid position | 227/213 |
Country | Jordan |
Governorate | Irbid Governorate |
Time zone | UTC + 2 |
Natifah is a village in Jordan approximately 2 km south-west of Irbid. [1]
In 1596 it appeared in the Ottoman tax registers named as Natifa, situated in the nahiya (subdistrict) of Bani al-Asar, part of the Sanjak of Hawran. It had 17 households and 9 bachelors; all Muslim. The villagers paid a fixed tax-rate of 25% on agricultural products; including wheat, barley, summer crops, vineyards/fruit trees, goats and bee-hives. The total tax was 5,500 akçe. [2]
In 1838 Natifah's inhabitants were predominantly Sunni Muslims. [3]
The Jordanian census of 1961 found 451 inhabitants in Natifa. [4]