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Al-Shajara الشجرة
Town
Al-ShajaraLocation in Jordan
Coordinates: 32°38′30″N 35°56′30″E / 32.64167°N 35.94167°E / 32.64167; 35.94167
Grid position	238/227
Country	Jordan
Governorate	Irbid Governorate
Time zone	UTC + 2

Al-Shajara is a Jordanian town near the Syrian border. The population was 27,902 at the 2015 Census, 14,628 being male and 13,274 being female. The town and it is known for its crops and olives oil.

History

In 1596 it appeared in the Ottoman tax registers named as Sajara, situated in the nahiya (subdistrict) of Bani Juhma, part of the Sanjak of Hawran. It had 53 households and 21 bachelors; all Muslim. The villagers paid a fixed tax-rate of 25% on agricultural products; including wheat, barley, summer crops, goats and bee-hives, in addition to occasional revenues. The total tax was 10,248 akçe, most of which was for wheat (7,200 akçe). 11/24 of the revenue went to a waqf.

Gallery

• The road to Shajarah
• Shajarah -spring
• Shajarah -the area south of the town, in the summer
• Shajarah -the area south of the town

References

1. Hütteroth and Abdulfattah, 1977, p. 204

Bibliography

• Hütteroth, W.-D.; Abdulfattah, K. (1977). Historical Geography of Palestine, Transjordan and Southern Syria in the Late 16th Century. Erlanger Geographische Arbeiten, Sonderband 5. Erlangen, Germany: Vorstand der Fränkischen Geographischen Gesellschaft. ISBN 3-920405-41-2.

v t e Irbid Governorate of Jordan
Capital	Irbid
Departments	Al-Qasbah Bani Obaid Department Al-Mazar Al-Shamali Department Ar Ramtha Department Koura Department Al-Aghwar Al Shamaliyyeh Department Bani Kinanah Department Taybeh Department Wasatieh Department
Cities and towns	Al-Husn al-Mazar al-Shamali al-Shuna al-Shamalyah Ar-Ramtha al-Shajara Aydoun Bushra Der Abi Saeed Habaka Huwwarah Johfiyeh Kafr al-Maa Kufr 'Awan Kufr Rakeb Malka Maru Natifah Samma Umm Qais Zoubia
Others	Capitolias/Beit Ras Pella Husn Camp

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