What is Tafilah?
{{Infobox settlement | official_name = Tafilah | population_footnotes = <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dos.gov.jo/dos_home_a/main/population/census2015/No_of_pop_depand_on_GOV.pdf|format=|title=The General Census - 2015 |publisher=Department of Population Statistics}}</ref> | area_total_km2 = 18.518 | area_metro_km2 = 38.771 | area_metro_sq_mi = | population_as_of = 2015 | population_total = 27,559 | population_metro = | timezone = [[Greenwich Mean Time|GMT]] +2 | leader_name = Khalid Huneifat | utc_offset = | timezone_DST = +3 | coordinates = {{coord|30|50|24|N|35|36|0|E|region:JO|display=it}} | area_code = +(962)3 | elevation_m = 940 | elevation_ft = | elevation_footnotes = | leader_title = [[Mayor]] | native_name = الطفيلة | pushpin_label_position = | other_name = | nickname = | settlement_type = City <!-- images and maps ----------->| image_skyline = Tafila Tophel.JPG | image_caption = Tafilah | image_seal = | pushpin_map = Jordan | subdivision_type = Country | established_date2 = 1914 | subdivision_name = [[Jordan]] | subdivision_type1 = Province | subdivision_name1 = [[Tafilah Governorate]] | government_type = Municipality | established_title = Founded | established_date = 1100 B.C. | established_title2 = Municipality established | website = http://www.tafila.jo }} '''Tafileh''' is a [[city]] in the south of the [[Jordan|Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan]]. It is the [[Capital city|capital]] of [[Tafilah Governorate|Tafila Governorate]]. In 2015, about 27,500 people lived there. The city was part of the [[Edom kingdom]]. It was called '''Tophel''' at that time . Tafila was occupied by the [[Nabataean Kingdom|Nabataean kingdom]]. A