Johfiyeh
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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. It had a population of 4251 and the most populated family is Talafha.
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The entry is geolocated on the map in JO, across 2 mapped points.
It sits within the topics 747 disestablishments, Archaeological sites in Jordan and Megalithic monuments in the Middle East.
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- Country
- Jordan
- Located in
- Irbid Governorate
- Elevation
- 794
- Time zone
- Greenwich Mean Time
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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. It had a population of 4251 and the most populated family is Talafha.
At the northern edge of the modern village is the archaeological site of Tell Johfiyeh with several more related sites, showing two main phases of settlement: Iron Age II and Byzantine-Umayyad.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Johfiyeh” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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