Malka, Jordan

Malka (ملكا) is a Jordanian town located in the north of Irbid on the border with Syria (opposite the Golan Heights). It is one of the largest villages in Bani Kinanah Department. It has fertile soil and abundant springs. It has the largest pond in the north of Jordan.

Geography
Malka is located on a mountainous agricultural land with red soil. It is about 91 km from the capital Amman and from Irbid 22 km. It rises about 500 meters above sea level and is bordered to the east by Hatem and Abder, from the west by Umm Qays, from the north by Syria, from the south by Dukra and Kufr Asad. The total area of the organized land is approximately 1,700 dunums, and for the unorganized lands, it is about 8,096 dunums. Malka owned by Khalid bin al-Walid municipality, headed by Hussein Al-Malkawi.

History
The town overlooks the ancient Roman city of Jadara, which was one of the ten cities that made up the Decapolis union.

In August 636 the Battle of Yarmouk took place there between the Rashidun Caliphate and the Byzantine Empire.

In 1838 Malka's inhabitants were predominantly Sunni Muslims.

The Jordanian census of 1961 found 1,634 inhabitants in Malka.

Notable Figures

 * Sheikh Ahmad bin Rashid bin Tarqan Al-Malkawi, grew up in Damascus, where he worked and worked in jurisprudence and hadeeth, he was mentioned in Extensive response book. He died in the year between 1400 and 1401.
 * Ali Omar Malkawi Bureau Chief in Washington, D.C. for Middle Eastern American Television (MEA TV)
 * Suhaib Al Malkawi announcer on Al Jazeera
 * Abdallah Malkawi announcer on France 24
 * Mohammad Al-Malkawi is a Jordanian general that held the post of Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff of the Jordanian Armed Forces from 18 July 1999 to 5 March 2002.