Tafilah
Tafilah
الطفيلة | |
|---|---|
City | |
Tafilah | |
| Coordinates: 30°50′24″N 35°36′0″E / 30.84000°N 35.60000°E | |
| Country | Jordan |
| Governorate | Tafilah Governorate |
| Founded | 1100 B.C. |
| Municipality established | 1914 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Municipality |
| • Mayor | Khalid Huneifat |
| Area | |
• City | 18.518 km2 (7.149 sq mi) |
| • Metro | 38.771 km2 (15.355 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 940 m (3,084 ft) |
| Population (2015) | |
• City | 27,559 |
| • Metro | 60,803 |
| Time zone | GMT +2 |
| • Summer (DST) | +3 |
| Area code | +(962)3 |
| Website | |
Tafilah (Arabic: الطفيلة, romanized: 'aṭ-Ṭafīlah, [atˤ.tˤa.fiː.la]), also spelled Tafila, is a city with a population of 27,559 people in southwestern Jordan, located 183 kilometers (114 mi) 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.
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.