It is located about 35 kilometres (22 miles) south of Amman,[2] placing it within the main urban area of Al-Jeezah, immediately to the west of where Desert Highway passes through the town.

The refugee camp is also slightly south of the more recently built Queen Alia International Airport.

[1] When the camp first opened, most of Talbieh's inhabitants were displaced persons as opposed to refugees, and the population consisted of mostly Bedouin.

[2] The Red Lion and Sun Society of Iran donated the tents that originally made up the camp, and later installed concrete shelters.

[2] A 2013 study noted that 18 percent of households in Talbieh have a floor area of less than 8 square metres (86 sq ft) per person, with Talbieh's average household floor area per capita being 17 square metres (180 sq ft), the lowest of all Palestinian refugee camps in Jordan.