Sahab
سحاب | |
|---|---|
City | |
 Skyline of Sahab, 2020 | |
 Sahab District within the Amman Governorate | |
  Sahab | |
| Coordinates: 31°52′N 36°00′E / 31.867°N 36.000°E | |
| Country |  Jordan |
| Governorate | Amman Governorate |
| District | Sahab |
| Founding of settlement | 1894 |
| Founding of municipality | 1962 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Municipality |
| • Mayor | Abbas Maharmeh |
| Population (2015) | |
• Total | 169,434 |
| Time zone | UTC + 2 |
Sahab (Arabic: سحاب, romanized: Saḥāb) is a municipality in Jordan located 16 kilometers (9.9 mi) southeast of the capital Amman. It is the only locality in the Sahab District of the Amman Governorate.[1] Modern Sahab began as a Bedouin-owned plantation village in the late 19th century during Ottoman rule. The plantation was originally worked by Egyptian migrant farmers who purchased and permanently settled the lands in 1894 and developed Sahab into an agricultural estate. Sahab became its own municipality in 1962 and today is a densely populated industrial hub. It is home to the country's largest industrial city, the Abdullah II Ibn Al-Hussein Industrial Estate, and the largest cemetery in greater Amman, as well as the Caves of Raqeem site mentioned in the Qur'an (Surat al-Kahf).[citation needed] The population of Sahab in 2015 was 169,434.[1]
- ^ a b "The Population of the Kingdom by Administrative Divisions, According to the General Census of Population and Housing, result 2015" (PDF). Population and Social Statistics Directorate (Jordan). p. 6. Retrieved 5 December 2018.