Taffuh | |
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Arabic transcription(s) | |
• Arabic | تفّوح |
Location of Taffuh within Palestine | |
Coordinates: 31°32′21″N 35°3′11″E / 31.53917°N 35.05306°E | |
Palestine grid | 154/105 |
State | State of Palestine |
Governorate | Hebron |
Government | |
• Type | Municipality |
Population (2017)[1] | |
• Total | 15,800 |
Name meaning | from "Beth Tappuah"[2] |
Taffuh (Arabic: تفّوح) (lit. fragrance) is a Palestinian town located eight kilometers west of Hebron.The town is in the Hebron Governorate in the southern West Bank. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the town had a population of 15,800 in 2017.[1]