Gharandal
title: "Gharandal" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["archaeological-sites-in-jordan", "catholic-titular-sees-in-asia", "populated-places-in-tafilah-governorate", "ghassanids"] topic_path: "philosophy" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gharandal" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| official_name | Gharandal |
| native_name | غرندل |
| settlement_type | Town |
| pushpin_map | Jordan |
| subdivision_type | Country |
| subdivision_name | Jordan |
| subdivision_type1 | Province |
| subdivision_name1 | Tafilah Governorate |
| population_as_of | 2015 |
| population_total | 4,680 |
| population_footnotes | |
| timezone | GMT +2 |
| timezone_DST | +3 |
| coordinates | |
| area_code | +(962)3 |
| :: |
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History
Byzantine period
The town, situated at 1300 m above sea level, became prominent in Byzantine times, ranking third among the cities of Palaestina Tertia. Arindela was also a Christian bishopric. One of its bishops, Theodorus, took part in the Council of Ephesus in 431. Another, Macarius, participated in a council held at Jerusalem in 536. No longer a residential bishopric, Arindela is today listed by the Catholic Church as a titular see.
Early Muslim period
Arindela became known as Arandal under Arab rule, which began after it was conquered during the early stage of the Muslim conquest of Syria in . It was held by al-Baladhuri to have surrendered without resistance to one of the chief commanders of the conquest, Yazid ibn Abi Sufyan. It became part of the large military district of Damascus. The 9th-century geographer al-Yaqubi mentions that it was the center of the Jibal subdistrict and its population at that time consisted of Ghassanid and Balqayn tribesmen. By the 10th century, the center of Jibal shifted to the neighboring town of Ruwath. In the 13th century, it is mentioned as a village by the geographer Yaqut al-Hamawi.
Modern period
The Byzantine and Islamic remains of old Gharandal, the name by which it is presently known, have largely been overtaken by the modern town of the same name. Most of the modern town's population, which was 4,680 in the 2015 Jordanian census, were originally from nearby Buseira and the town is part of the Buseira District of the Tafilah Governorate.
References
Bibliography
References
- Pius Bonifacius Gams, [http://www.wbc.poznan.pl/dlibra/doccontent?id=65154&dirids=1 ''Series episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae''], Leipzig 1931, p. 454
- ''Annuario Pontificio 2013'' (Libreria Editrice Vaticana 2013 {{ISBN. 978-88-209-9070-1), p. 839
- "The Population of the Kingdom by Administrative Divisions, According to the General Census of Population and Housing, result 2015". Population and Social Statistics Directorate (Jordan).
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