Russeifa (Arabic: الرصيفة, also spelled Ruseifa(h), Rusaifa(h), Russiefa, etc., also with preceding article el-, al-, er- or ar-) is a city in Zarqa Governorate in Jordan.
It had a population of 472,604 inhabitants in 2015,[2] making it the fourth-largest city in Jordan, after Amman, Irbid, and Zarqa.
The city of Russeifa is located in the Central region of Jordan, in the Zarqa River basin, on the Amman-Zarqa highway.
The Jordan National Census of 2004 showed the population of Russeifa as 268,237.
The metropolitan area is divided into five districts as follows: The city has been known for phosphate mining since 1935, when deposits were discovered by Amin Kamel Kawar.