Samma, Jordan

Samma
صما
Village
Samma is located in Jordan
Samma
Samma
Location in Jordan
Coordinates: 32°34′12″N 35°41′24″E / 32.57000°N 35.69000°E / 32.57000; 35.69000
Grid position215/219
Country Jordan
ProvinceIrbid Governorate
DepartmentAl-Taybeh
Area
 • Total13.76 km2 (5.31 sq mi)
Elevation
325 m (1,066 ft)
Population
 (2022)[1]
 • Total18,659
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code
21892
Area code+(962)2
Geocode247015
Websitewww.irbid.gov.jo

Samma (Arabic: صمّا) is a village in northern Jordan, located 80 kilometers north of the capital Amman and about 18 km West of the city Irbid. It is perched on a hilltop 325 metres (1,066 ft) above sea level overlooking Jordan Valley and the Sea of Tiberias.

It lies in the Al-Taybeh Department is one of the nine departments that constitute the Irbid Governorate , It covers[2] 13.76 km2 and has a population of 15761 people (as of 2015).

  1. ^ "Number of Population in Jordan 2022" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-01-22.
  2. ^ "Jordan area villages" (PDF).