A Jordanian town located in Irbid Governorate in the north of the Kingdom. One of the ten Greco-Roman cities (the Ten Cities Alliance) was located in a strategic location and a number of trade routes it overlooks the Yarmouk River, the Golan Heights, and Lake Tiberias. Its strategic location, in addition to its abundance of water, was an attraction for population activity. Its name in the past was a wall, meaning “fortifications” or “the fortified city.” Among the most important archaeological remains: the Western Amphitheatre. And the street of columns and the decorated church.