Ghor es-Safi

Sugar cane factories at Ghor al-Safi
Another view of the sugar cane factories at Ghor al-Safi

Ghor es-Safi, also transliterated Ghawr as-Safi, is an area in the Jordan valley located in the Wadi al-Hasa.[clarification needed] It is situated between the governorates of Karak and Tafilah, near the southern Dead Sea.[1] The location is depicted on the 6th-century Madaba map as "Zoara."[dubious – discuss][2]

Ghor as-Safi is perhaps best known for its historical sugar cane factories from the 11th century.[3]

  1. ^ "Tawahin El-Sukkar". Middle Eastern Geodatabase for Antiquities (MEGA Jordan). The Getty Conservation Institute and World Monuments Fund. 2010. Retrieved 2020-10-24.
  2. ^ "The Story of SCHEP 2014–2018" (PDF). USAID SCHEP. ACOR. 2020. Retrieved 2020-10-24.
  3. ^ Multidisciplinary approaches to food and foodways in the medieval Eastern Mediterranean. Sylvie Yona Waksman. Lyon. 2020. ISBN 978-2-35668-173-7. OCLC 1366205135.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) CS1 maint: others (link)