Safawi, Jordan

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| native_name = الصفاوي

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| subdivision_name1 = Mafraq Governorate

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| population_total = 2,315{{Cite report |url=http://www.dos.gov.jo/dos_home_a/main/population/census2015/No_of_pop_depand_on_GOV.pdf |title=The Population of the Kingdom by Administrative Divisions, According to the General Census of Population and Housing result 2015 |date=2015 |publisher=Department of Population Statistics |page=24 |access-date=24 June 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180219001747/http://www.dos.gov.jo/dos_home_a/main/population/census2015/No_of_pop_depand_on_GOV.pdf |archive-date=19 February 2018 |url-status=live}}

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Safawi ({{Langx|ar|الصفاوي}}) is a town in Mafraq Governorate, in Jordan.{{Cite journal |last=Khalil Tukan |first=Salma |last2=Takruri |first2=Hamed R. |last3=Numan Ahmad |first3=Mousa |date=January 2011 |title=Food Habits and Traditional Food Consumption in the Northern Badia of Jordan |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/236854408_Food_Habits_and_Traditional_Food_Consumption_in_the_Northern_Badia_of_Jordan |journal=Journal of the Saudi Society for Food and Nutrition |chapter= |volume=6 |issue=1 |page=1 |access-date=24 June 2025 |quote=Northern Badia of Jordan, which is part of Mafraq governorate, extends over 11,210 km². It consists of thirty-four villages, most of which cluster in the more fertile North West of the country close to the Syrian borders. Safawi town is the administrative center of the area.}}{{Cite news |last=Rawashdeh |first=Saeb |date=14 May 2024 |title=Religious heritage preservation: Delving into newly finished Mosque of Blessed Tree |url=https://jordantimes.com/news/local/religious-heritage-preservation-delving-newly-finished-mosque-blessed-tree |access-date=24 June 2025 |work=The Jordan Times}} In the 2015 census, there were 2,315 people in the town, of which 1,113 (48.1%) were female and 1,202 (51.9%) were male.

The 1,500-year-old Sahabi tree, also known as the tree of al-Buqayawiyya and the 'blessed tree', is also located near the town.{{Cite news |last=T |first=J |date=10 October 2019 |title=King opens visitor centre at site of Blessed Tree in Safawi |url=https://jordantimes.com/news/local/king-opens-visitor-centre-site-blessed-tree-safawi |access-date=24 June 2025 |work=The Jordan Times}}{{Cite web |title=The Blessed Tree |url=https://www.awqaf.gov.jo/EN/Pages/The_Blessed_Tree |access-date=24 June 2025 |website=Ministry of Awqaf and Islamic Affairs |publisher=Government of Jordan}}

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