The region has a very fertile soil along with suitable climate allows the growing of a wide variety of high-quality crops.

There is a substantial area of pine forests on the hills that are extending from Ajloun.

[2] The town was home to Islamic scholar Ali bin Ziadah bin Abd Alrahman Alhabaki Alshafie (Arabic: علي بن زيادة بن عبد الرحمن الحبكي الشافعي), died in 1364.

[2][3] In 1596, during the Ottoman Empire, Habaka was noted in the census as being located in the nahiya of Bani al-Asar in the Liwa of Hawran.

They paid a fixed tax-rate of 25% on various agricultural products which includes wheat, barley, summer crops, vineyards/fruit trees, goats and beehives in addition to occasional revenues.