Al-Jafr (Arabic: الجفر) is a city in the Ma'an Governorate of Jordan.

It is located near the city of Ma'an, and is roughly 300 kilometres (190 mi) east of Amman.

[2] It was the site of an April Fools' Day hoax in 2010 that has drawn comparisons to the famous American The War of the Worlds broadcast.

[2] The nearby desert area has also been used for high speed performance tests by teams attempting to break the Land speed record.

Jordan shooting: Three US military trainers killed at al-Jafr air base : 4 November 2016.