The town of Husban lies at the right side of the road between Amman and the city of Madaba, 20 km to the south of the Capital and 10 km north of Madaba.
Husban is 880 meters above sea level. Administratively, it is a district under the province of Na’our, with 30,000 inhabitants and a space area of 25km. Husban in history used to be called” Hashboun” a Semitic “ Mu’abeian” name meaning Husban ( up-keeping, precaution) in Arabic. It dates back to the iron age (1300- 1200) B.C and built on the ruins of the old city of Hashboun which was Saihoun city of the Amorite king, and later occupied by the Assyrian king (Nebuchadnezzar nasr) in 597 A.D; he destroyed it and killed its people, then it was invaded by the Persians in 612 A.D.

In the Byzantine age, it was occupied and called” Asyos”; it became the center of the bishopric, and remained so until the Islamic age during which time Theodore was accredited bishop. In the Islamic era, it was referred to as Husban.
This name was mentioned by Abu Al Fidaa( 1273-1331 A.D); he said “ Husban had a fortified fortress”. The town maintained this importance until the Umayyad rule (661-750) A.D during which time it was the capital of Al-Balqaa’( Al Balqaa’ is one of the five provinces, and extends from Zarqa river in the north to Al Moujeb river in the South)
The historic town of the Husban was a mail station between Kerak and Damascus. The hill of Husban witnessed many archeological excavations looking for the ruins of the successive nations residing in the area. Dr. Horn concluded the excavations and studies by stating that there was Islamic architecture on the hill; wells of 10 meters deep, a Mamlouk lantern, and 66 Islamic silver coins. A church was also found on the top or the hill with a foundation, pillars, and mosaic floors. Excavations uncovered 500 B.C writing. The department of Antiquities, in cooperation with international academic agencies conducted archeological excavations in the hill of Husban since the early sixties of the last century, disclosing many ruins dating back to the stone age, and the Hellenistic, Roman and Islamic eras.
In 1973 A.D an urn 28 cm high, was discovered; it dates back to the second half of the eighth century A.D i.e. the Abbasid epoch. The urn was made of light clay, with two handles and engineering and plant formations.
A clay platter with engineering forms was also discovered; it was disclosed that it dated back to the thirteenth century A.D, i.e. the Mamlouk era. Many ruins are still prevailing in the hill of Husban to date . These are simply buildings, pillars, houses ( abodes), stone floored yards, bathrooms, stores, stones decorated with paintings and writing, churches and mosaic floors.
In the year 2005, an agreement was signed with the British university of Andrews for the maintenance and renovation of the ruins in Husban hill.