Tafilah

Also known as At Tafilah, At-Tafilah, Tafileh

Tafilah (, ), also spelled Tafila, is a city with a population of 27,559 people in southwestern Jordan, located southwest of Amman. It is the capital of Tafilah Governorate. It is well known for having green gardens which contain olive and fig trees, and grape-vines. Tafilah was first built by the Edomites and was called Tophel.

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Place details

Locality: الطفيلة
Region: الطفيلة
Country: الأردن
Population: 25,429
Timezone: Asia/Amman

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Key facts

Settlement.official_name: Tafilah
Settlement.native_name: الطفيلة
Settlement.other_name: Tophel (in Edomite)
Settlement.settlement_type: City
Settlement.image_skyline: Tafila Tophel.JPG
Settlement.image_caption: Tafilah
Settlement.image_flag: Flag of Greater Tafilah Municipality.png
Settlement.image_seal: Tafilah Logo.jpg
Settlement.pushpin_map: Jordan
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_name: Jordan
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Governorate
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Tafilah Governorate
Settlement.government_type: Municipality
Settlement.established_title: Founded
Settlement.established_date: 1100 B.C.
Settlement.established_title2: Municipality established
Settlement.established_date2: 1914

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Wikidata facts

Population: 23512
Area: 18.518
Elevation: 940
Official website: www.tafila.jo
Image: At-Tafilah, Jordan - panoramio (2).jpg

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Commons category: Tafilah, Jordan
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History
Iron Age to Crusader period
Ottoman rule
Population
Education
Districts
Economy
Agriculture
Natural Resources
Tourism
Climate
References
Bibliography

There are more than 360 natural springs in the Tafilah nahia, including the natural reservoir of Dana and hot natural springs at Afra and Burbeita. There are two phosphate and limestones mines in the Tafilah nahia, which are one of the country's main income sources.