Tafilah

Tafilah, also spelled Tafila, is a city with a population of 27,559 people in southwestern , located 183 kilometers southwest of . It is the capital of .
Tap on a place
to explore it
  • Type: Town with 25,400 residents
  • Description: city in Tafilah Governorate, Jordan
  • Also known as: Al Tafilah”, “At Tafila”, “Aṭ Ṭafīla”, “At Tafilah”, “At-Tafilah”, “El Tafile”, “Et Tafīla”, “Tafīla”, “Tafileh”, “Tophel”, and “Tufailah

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Al Sil.

Locality
Sela is a geographical name encountered several times in the Hebrew Bible, and applicable to a variety of locations. One site by this name is placed by the Second Book of Kings in Edom. is situated 6 km south of Tafilah.

Tafilah

Latitude
30.83333° or 30° 50′ north
Longitude
35.6° or 35° 36′ east
Population
25,400
Elevation
1,041 metres (3,415 feet)
United Nations Location Code
JO TFH
Open location code
8G2QRHMX+8X
Open­Street­Map ID
node 798885889
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
250198
Wiki­data ID
Q2550996
This page is based on OpenStreetMap, GeoNames, Wikidata, Wikimedia Commons, and Wikipedia.
We’d love your help improving our open data sources. Thank you for contributing.

Satellite Map

Discover Tafilah from above in high-definition satellite imagery.

In Other Languages

From Albanian to Urdu—“Tafilah” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: Tafilah
  • Arabic: الطفيلة
  • Armenian: Ալ-Տաֆիլա
  • Asturian: Tafilah
  • Belarusian: Тафіла
  • Belarusian: Эт-Тафіла
  • Cebuano: Aţ Ţafīlah
  • Czech: Tafila
  • Dutch: Tafilah
  • Egyptian Arabic: الطفيلة
  • Finnish: At Tafilah
  • French: At Tafila
  • French: Tafilah
  • German: At-Tafila
  • German: Tafila
  • German: Tafilah
  • Hebrew: טפילה
  • Hindi: टफिला
  • Indonesian: Tafilah
  • Japanese: タフィラ
  • Korean: 타필라
  • Lithuanian: Tafila
  • Malay: Tafilah
  • Mazanderani: طفیله (شهر)
  • Mazanderani: طفیله
  • Mingrelian: ატ-ტაფილა
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Tafilah
  • Persian: الطفيلة
  • Persian: الطفیلة
  • Persian: الطفیله
  • Polish: At-Tafila
  • Polish: Tofel
  • Romanian: Tafilah
  • Russian: Тафила
  • Russian: Эт-Тафила
  • Scots: Tafilah
  • Spanish: At Tafilah
  • Spanish: Tafila
  • Spanish: Tafilah
  • Swedish: al-Tafila
  • Swedish: at-Tafila
  • Swedish: At-Tafila
  • Thai: อัฏเฏาะฟีละฮ์
  • Turkish: Tafile
  • Ukrainian: Ет-Тафіла
  • Ukrainian: Тафіла
  • Urdu: طفیلہ

Places with the Same Name

Discover other places named “Tafilah”.

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as البحرات and At Tafila.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Bus to Dana and مسجد.

Jordan: Must-Visit Destinations

Delve into Amman, Petra, Aqaba, and Zarqa.

Curious Places to Discover

Uncover intriguing places from every corner of the globe.
About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Tafilah”. Photo: Adeeb Atwan, CC BY 3.0.