Samma, Jordan


Samma 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 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 13.76 km2 and has a population of 15761 people.

History

In 1885, Gottlieb Schumacher visited the village and wrote about it in his book "Northern Ajlun within the Decapolis":

Population

Depending on The Population and Housing Census report released in late February 2016: