Sahab, Jordan

1894 establishmentsDistricts of AmmanEgyptian diaspora in the Middle EastPopulated places in Amman Governorate

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. 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). The population of Sahab in 2015 was 169,434.

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