Johfiyeh
Johfiyeh also spelled Johfiyah, Juhfiyah or Juhfiyeh, is a historical village in northern Jordan, located 80 kilometers north of the capital Amman and about 7.5 km southwest of the city Irbid.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Telfah ahmed, Public domain.
- Type: Locality
- Description: village in Jordan
- Also known as: “Johfiya”, “Johfiyah”, “Juḥfīya”, “Juhfiyah”, and “Juḩfīyah”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Aydoun and Al-Husn.
Aydoun
Town
Aydoun is the name of a city in Irbid Governorate in Jordan. Some writers associate the town with the ancient city of Dium, one of the cities of the Decapolis, but this is disputed. It had a population of 63,244 as of 2018. Aydoun is situated 3½ km northeast of Johfiyeh.
Al-Husn
Town
Photo: Issagm, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Al-Husn is a town in northern Jordan, located 65 km north of Amman, and about 7 km south of Irbid. It has a population of 35,085. The region has fertile soil which along with the moderate climate allows the growing of high quality crops. Al-Husn is situated 5 km east of Johfiyeh.
Irbid
Photo: Daniel Case, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Irbid is a city in northern Jordan, some 88 km north of the capital Amman. Archaeological evidence reveals that Irbid has been settled since the Bronze Age.
Johfiyeh
- Category: village in Jordan
- Location: Irbid Governorate, Jordan, Middle East, Asia
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In Other Languages
From Albanian to Polish—“Johfiyeh” goes by many names.
- Albanian: “Johfiyeh”
- Arabic: “جحفي”
- Arabic: “جحفية”
- Dutch: “Johfiyeh”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Johfiyeh”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Johfiyeh”
- Norwegian: “Johfiyeh”
- Persian: “جحفیه”
- Polish: “Dżuhfijja”
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