Kufranjah

Governorate of Jordan

District in Ajloun, Jordan

32°17′52″N 35°42′15″E / 32.29778°N 35.70417°E / 32.29778; 35.70417CountryJordanGovernorateAjlounPopulation

(2015 census)

• Total38,260 peopleTime zoneGMT +2 • Summer (DST)+3

Kufranjah (Arabic: كفرنجة) is one of the districts of Ajloun governorate, Jordan.^[1]^[2] Its administrative center is Kufranjah City.^[3]

In 2011, Prince William of the British Royal Family visited Kufranjah to meet refugee communities on a Tour of Jordan and Israel.^[4]^[5]

In 2021, wildfires heavily damaged forests in Aljoun, prompting a movement aiming to plant 10 million trees in Jordan by 2031. The epicenter of the "10 million trees" movement began in Kufranjah.^[6]

References

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^ "Atlas of ELECTORAL DISTRICTS" (PDF). UNDP. Archived from the original on 15 December 2017. Retrieved 30 January 2019.
^ "Kafranja Brigade - Ministry of Interior". moi.gov.jo. Archived from the original on 28 December 2020. Retrieved 7 September 2024.
^ "HRH Prince William Gains Some Cooking Tips From the Women of Jordan". Vogue Arabia. 26 June 2018. Archived from the original on 2 September 2021. Retrieved 2 September 2021.
^ Stinson, Nicole (25 June 2018). "Prince William recreates Kate's family photo in Jordan as Duke follows in wife's footsteps". Express.co.uk. Archived from the original on 2 September 2021. Retrieved 2 September 2021.
^ "Desert country Jordan aims for green with 10-million tree campaign". phys.org. Archived from the original on 2 September 2021. Retrieved 2 September 2021.