A Jordanian town within Balqa Governorate, located 12 km southwest of the city of Salt. The population of Ayra is approximately 4,912 people. According to 2023 statistics. Naming and history Ayra is one of the villages of Balqa Governorate, located in the southwest of Al-Salt, rising from (580-620) meters above sea level. The origin of the name is that Ayra is a Syriac word meaning (the awakened one) and (the awakened one) and it may be from (Ayra), meaning the green city