''For the nature reserve,

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.'' Dana ( ar, ضانا) is a village near the city of

Tafilah Tafilah ( ar, الطفيلة, 'aṭ-Ṭafīlah, ), also spelled Tafila, is a town with a population of 27,559 people in southern Jordan, located southwest of Amman. It is the capital of Tafilah Governorate. It is well known for having green gard ...

, in the Feynan area in central-western

Jordan Jordan ( ar, الأردن; tr. ' ), officially the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan,; tr. ' is a country in Western Asia. It is situated at the crossroads of Asia, Africa, and Europe, within the Levant region, on the East Bank of the Jordan Rive ...

(

Tafilah Governorate Tafilah ( ar, الطفيلة) is one of the governorates of Jordan, located about 180 km south-west of Amman, Jordan's capital. Tafilah Governorate is bordered by Karak Governorate to the north, Ma'an Governorate to the east and south, Aqab ...

). It is situated on the edge of Wadi Dana, a large natural

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, and has views over

Wadi Araba The Arabah, Araba or Aravah ( he, הָעֲרָבָה, ''hāʿĂrāḇā''; ar, وادي عربة, ''Wādī ʿAraba''; lit. "desolate and dry area") is a loosely defined geographic area south of the Dead Sea basin, which forms part of the borde ...

. It is host to

Dana Biosphere Reserve Dana Biosphere Reserve is List of nature reserves in Jordan, Jordan's largest nature reserve, located in south-central Jordan. Dana Biosphere Reserve was founded in 1989 in the area in and around the Dana, Jordan, Dana village and Wadi Dana comp ...

, one of Jordan's premiere nature reserves with ecotourism facilities. The modern village of Dana has been occupied for approximately 500 years. According to some sources, the village was built by Bedouins from

Hebron Hebron ( ar, الخليل or ; he, חֶבְרוֹן ) is a Palestinian. city in the southern West Bank, south of Jerusalem. Nestled in the Judaean Mountains, it lies above sea level. The second-largest city in the West Bank (after East J ...

, Palestine, who settled the area during the Ottoman period and were members of a tribe called Al 'Ata'ata."The Dana Project." ''The Royal Society for the Conservation of Nature.'' 1990. vi
library.acorjordan.org/liberty/main.do
/ref> The perhaps 6,000 years of prior human occupation at the site included

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Edomite Edom (; Edomite: ; he, אֱדוֹם , lit.: "red"; Akkadian: , ; Ancient Egyptian: ) was an ancient kingdom in Transjordan, located between Moab to the northeast, the Arabah to the west, and the Arabian Desert to the south and east. ...

Assyria Assyria (Neo-Assyrian cuneiform: , romanized: ''māt Aššur''; syc, ܐܬܘܪ, ʾāthor) was a major ancient Mesopotamian civilization which existed as a city-state at times controlling regional territories in the indigenous lands of the A ...

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, and

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cultures, taking advantage of its easily-defensible topographical position, fertile soil, and water. Supposedly it preserves many aspects of Jordanian villages of the 19th century. The

Royal Society for the Conservation of Nature The Royal Society for The Conservation of Nature (RSCN) is an independent voluntary organization that is devoted to the conservation of Jordan's natural resources; it was established in 1966 with the late King Hussein as Honorary President. R ...

(RSCN) initiated a project to protect the nature surrounding the village and promote sustainable development and tourism ("revitalization"). Many of the families from Dana turn to the nearby village of Qadisiyya for access to more modern amenities. Dana, kaňon

Dana is home to several hotels, including the RSCN Guest House and the Dana Hotel operated by Dana and Qadisiyah Local Community Cooperative.

Gallery

File:Mosque in Dana village, Jordan.jpg, Dana, mosque File:Dana village, Jordan 02.jpg, Dana, main street File:Dana Reserve 01.jpg, Dana Nature Reserve

Climate

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* Archival photographs of Dana from throughout the 20th century via the

American Center of Research The American Center of Research (ACOR) is a private, not-for-profit scholarly and educational organization. Based in Alexandria, Virginia, with a facility in Amman, Jordan, ACOR promotes knowledge of Jordan and the interconnected region, past and ...

Photo Archive: ** https://acor.digitalrelab.com/index.php?s=filter=place_name:Dana%20(Jordan) * An overview of the Dana Biosphere Reserve via Wild Jordan, an initiative of the

: ** https://www.wildjordan.com/destinations/dana-biosphere-reserve

References

Populated places in Tafilah Governorate {{Jordan-geo-stub