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Tafilah
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At-Tafilah (an aa spelled Tafila) (Arabic: الطفيلة) is a sma ceety wi a population o 39,000 fowk in soothren Jordan, locatit 183 kilometers (114 mi) soothwast o Amman. It is the caipital ceety o Tafilah Govrenorate. It is well-kent for haein green gardens which contain olive an fig trees, an grape-vines. The ceety o Tafilah wis first biggit bi the Edomites an wis cried Tophel.
Quick Facts Tafilah (Tafila)مدينة الطفيلة Tophel (in Edomite), Kintra ...
Tafilah (Tafila) مدينة الطفيلة Tophel (in Edomite) | |
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Ceety | |
Coordinates: 30°50′24″N 35°36′0″E | |
Kintra | Jordan |
Province | Tafilah Governorate |
Foondit | 1100 B.C. |
Municipality established | 1914 |
Govrenment | |
• Teep | Municipality |
• Mayor | Khalid Huneifat |
Area | |
• Ceety | 18.518 km2 (7.150 sq mi) |
• Metro | 38.771 km2 (14.970 sq mi) |
Elevation | 940 m (3,080 ft) |
Population (2009)[1] | |
• Metro | 38,428 |
Time zone | GMT +2 |
• Summer (DST) | +3 |
Area code(s) | +(962)3 |
Website | http://www.tafila.jo |
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- for the veelage in Yemen see Tafilah, Yemen
Thare are mair nor 360 natural springs in the at-Tafilah aurie, includin the natural reservoir o Dana an het natural springs at Afra an Borbeata. Thare are twa phosphate an cement mines in at-Tafilah which are ane o the kintra's main income soorces.