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 that is one of the nine departments that constitute the Irbid Governorate, It covers 13.76 km2 and has a population of 15761 people (as of 2015).
History In 1596 it appeared in the Ottoman tax registers named as Samma, situated in the nahiya (subdistrict) of Bani Kinana, part of the Sanjak of Hawran. It had 19 households and 13 bachelors; all Muslim. The villagers paid a fixed tax-rate of 25% on agricultural products; including wheat, barley, summer crops, olive trees/fruit trees, goats and bee-hives; in addition to occasional revenues. The total tax was 4,000 akçe.Hütteroth and Abdulfattah, 1977, p. 202
In 1838 Samma's inhabitants were predominantly Sunni Muslims and Greek Christians.Smith, in Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 3, 2nd appendix, p. 164
In 1885, Gottlieb Schumacher visited the village and wrote about it in his book "Northern Ajlun within the Decapolis":Schumacher, Gottlieb (1890). Northern 'Ajlun within the Decapolis. Page 141
In 1961 the population of Samma was 1,649 inhabitants.Government of Jordan, Department of Statistics, 1964, p. 18
Population Depending on The Population and Housing Census report released in late February 2016:
Population: 15761 Male: 8048 Female: 7713 Families: 3113
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See also Irbid Governorate
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