Irbid (Arabic: إربد), known in ancient times as Arabella or Arbela, has the second largest metropolitan population in Jordan after Amman, with a population of around 1,088,100, and is located about 70 km north of Amman on the northern ridge of the Gilead The city of Irbid has many men who built Irbid and Jordan, and they had a strong influence in the country The following is a list of notable people from Irbid: