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Tafilah Governorate is rich in history, having been the nucleus of the ancient kingdom of Edom, it has one of the lowest numbers of tourists in Jordan. This is due to the fact that its most interesting sites are slightly off the beaten track; Jordan's main two main highways connecting north
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discovered stone tools estimated at 90,000 years old in caves in Ain Defla and Hessa. Although no human remains could ever be found dating from that era, the discoveries of prehistoric tools supplied scientists with much information about human civilisation stages in the
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Highway (Highway 65) and the Desert
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Tafilah Governorate is estimated to be about 81,000 for the year 2008. The Jordan National Census of the year 2004 shows that Tafilah Governorate had a population of 75,267 in 2004 living in the city of
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farms in the governorate in 2008 was 42.210 km, of which more than 31 km were of olive farms. The towns in the governorate are mostly located at elevations exceeding 1000m
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repulsed a counter-attack of 1000 Turkish soldiers led by Hamid Fakhri Pasha, in an attempt to retake
Tafilah. Only 50 Turks survived the retreat, while 250 were taken prisoner.
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Governorates, while itself belongs administratively to Karak
Governorate. Almost all towns in Tafilah Governorate date back to the Edomite period, the capital city of
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Administrative Divisions System of the Jordanian ministry of Interior divides Tafilah Governorate into three departments as follows:
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and 31 other towns and villages, of whom 73,767 were
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Tafilah
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Some of the historic and natural sites in Tafila Governorate are:
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includes the city of Tafilah and 19 other towns and villages
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mining is one of the main industries in the governorate.
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