Tafilah Governorate

Tafilah is one of the governorates of , located about 180 km south-west of , Jordan's capital. Tafilah Governorate is bordered by to the north, to the east and south, to the south, and by to the west.
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  • Type: governorate of Jordan with 89,400 residents
  • Description: governorate in Jordan
  • Also known as: Aţ Ţafīlah”, “Muhafazat at Tafilah”, “Tafielah”, and “Tafielah Governorate

Places in the Area

Nearby places include بصيرا and Al Sil.

Village
Photo: Uri, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Busaira is a town in Tafilah Governorate, , located between the towns of and and closer to the latter. Bozrah is a biblical city identified by some researchers with an archaeological site situated in the town of Busaira.

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 3½ km north of Tafilah Governorate.

Tafilah Governorate

Latitude
30.75° or 30° 45′ north
Longitude
35.5833° or 35° 35′ east
Population
89,400
Elevation
674 metres (2,211 feet)
Open location code
8G2QQH2M+28
Geo­Names ID
250199
Wiki­data ID
Q750259
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Tafilah Governorate” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: الطفيلة
  • Arabic: الطفيله
  • Arabic: جحفية
  • Arabic: طفيلة
  • Arabic: محافظة الطفيلة
  • Armenian: Ալ-Տաֆիլա
  • Armenian: Ալ-Տաֆիլայի մարզ
  • Basque: Tafila Gobernazioa
  • Basque: Tafila
  • Basque: Tafilah Gobernazioa
  • Belarusian: Тафіла
  • Bengali: তাফিলাহ গভর্নোরেট
  • Cebuano: Muḩāfaz̧at aţ Ţafīlah
  • Chinese: Tafilah Séng
  • Chinese: 塔菲拉省
  • Danish: Tafilah Governorate
  • Dutch: Tafilah
  • Esperanto: Tafilaho
  • Finnish: At Tafilah
  • French: Gouvernorat de Tafilah
  • French: Subdivision de tafilah
  • French: Tafilah
  • German: at-Tafila
  • German: Gouvernement at-Tafila
  • German: Gouvernement Tafila
  • German: Muhafazat at-Tafila
  • German: Tafila
  • Greek: Κυβερνείο Ταφιλάχ
  • Gujarati: તાફીલા ગવર્નોરેટ
  • Hebrew: טפילה
  • Hindi: तफिला गवर्नरेट
  • Hindi: तफ़ीलाह प्रान्त
  • Hungarian: Tafíla kormányzóság
  • Indonesian: Kegubernuran Tafilah
  • Italian: governatorato di al-Tafila
  • Italian: Governatorato di al-Tafila
  • Japanese: タフィラ県
  • Kannada: ಟಫಿಲಾ ಗವರ್ನೇಟ್
  • Korean: 타필라주
  • Latvian: Tafilas muhāfaza
  • Lithuanian: Tafilos muchafaza
  • Lithuanian: Tafilos muhafaza
  • Malay: Kegabenoran Tafilah
  • Malay: Tafilah Governorate
  • Marathi: ताफीला गव्हर्नोरेट
  • Mazanderani: الطفیله استان
  • Min Nan Chinese: Tafilah Séng
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Tafilah Governorate
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Tafilah guvernement
  • Norwegian: Tafielah
  • Persian: استان طفیله
  • Persian: طفیله
  • Polish: At-Tafila
  • Portuguese: Governamento de Tafilah
  • Romanian: Guvernoratul Tafilah
  • Russian: Эт-Тафила
  • Scots: Tafilah Govrenorate
  • Sinhala: ටෆිලා පළාත
  • Spanish: Gobernacion de At Tafilah
  • Spanish: Gobernación de At Tafilah
  • Spanish: Gobernacion de Tafila
  • Spanish: Gobernación de Tafila
  • Swedish: al-Tafila
  • Swedish: at-Tafila
  • Swedish: At-Tafila
  • Swedish: Muhafazat at-Tafila
  • Swedish: Tafilah
  • Tamil: டபிலாஹ் கோவெர்னோகைட்
  • Telugu: టాఫిలా గవర్నరేట్
  • Thai: เขตผู้ว่าราชการอัฏเฏาะฟีละฮ์
  • Turkish: Tafilah Yönetimi
  • Turkish: Tafile
  • Ukrainian: Ет-Тафіла
  • Ukrainian: Провінція Ет-Тафіла
  • Urdu: محافظہ طفیلہ
  • Vietnamese: Tỉnh Tafilah
  • Western Armenian: Ալ Թաֆիլայի մարզ
  • Western Panjabi: ضلع طفیلہ

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