Official Name: | Taibah |
Native Name: | الطيبة |
Pushpin Map: | Jordan |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Jordan |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Jordan |
Subdivision Type1: | Governorate |
Subdivision Name1: | Irbid Governorate |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Aṭ-Ṭaībah |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities |
Population Blank2 Title: | Religions |
Timezone: | UTC + 2 |
Coordinates: | 32.55°N 76°W |
Taibah or Taybeh (Arabic: الطيبة; also Taiyibe and Al-Taiyiba) is a town located in the Aṭ-Ṭaībah district of the Irbid Governorate, in northern Jordan.[1]
The 2020 census estimates its population to be 24,255 people.[2]
Taybah is identified with the ancient city of Ephron (Greek, Modern (1453-);: Eφρων). Polybius' historical accounts mention it during the campaigns of Seleucid king Antiochus III,[3] as well as in the story of Judas Maccabeus' retreat from Gilead, as described in 1 Maccabees.[4] [5]