What is Irbid?
{{Infobox settlement |official_name = Irbid |other_name = Arabella (Ancient Greek) |native_name = مدينة إربد |nickname = Bride of the North in [[Arabic language|Arabic]]: عروس الشمال |settlement_type = City |image_skyline = Irbid1.jpg |imagesize = |image_caption = |image_seal = |image_flag = |pushpin_map = Jordan |pushpin_label_position = |subdivision_type = Country |subdivision_name = [[Jordan]] |subdivision_type1 = Province |subdivision_name1 = [[Irbid Governorate]] |government_type = Municipality |leader_title = [[Mayor]] |leader_name = Hussein Bani Hani |established_title = Founded <!-- Settled --> |established_date = 5000 B.C. |area_total_km2 = 30 |area_metro_km2 = 410 |area_metro_sq_mi = 158.30 |population_as_of = 2015 |population_total = 502714 |population_metro = 1770158 |population_footnotes = <ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.dos.gov.jo/sdb_pop/sdb_pop_e/ehsaat/alsokan/2010/2-2.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=2015-01-29 |archive-date=2015-09-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923220305/http://www.dos.gov.jo/sdb_pop/sdb_pop_e/ehsaat/alsokan/2010/2-2.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> |timezone = [[Greenwich Mean Time|GMT]] +2 |utc_offset = |timezone_DST = +3 |coordinates = {{coord|32|33|0|N|35|51|0|E|region:JO|display=inline,title}} |area_code = +(962)2 |elevation_m = 620 |elevation_ft = 2034 |elevation_footnotes = <ref>{{cite web|url=http://i-cias.com/e.o/irbid.htm|title=Irbid - LookLex Encyclopaedia|first=Tore|last=Kjeilen|publisher=|accessdate=24 November 2016|archive-date=9 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200809093210/http://i-cias.com/e.o/irbid.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref> |website = htt