Sawfar

Ru’ Aysat Sawfar or Sawfar, Sawfar, Saoufar or Sofar) is a village in the of the in . Perched at an elevation of more than 1,433 metres, Sawfar lies adjacent to the main road that connects Beirut to Damascus.
  • Village
  • …lies at an elevation of around 1,250 metres (4,100 feet)
  • Description: human settlement in Lebanon
  • Also known as
    “Saoufar”
    “Sofar”

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Places in the Area

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3 km southeast of Sawfar
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4 km west of Sawfar
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Latitude
33.80206° or 33° 48′ 7″ north
Longitude
35.70122° or 35° 42′ 4″ east
Open location code
8G5QRP22+RF
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Open­Street­Map feature
place = village
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Urdu—“Sawfar” goes by many names.
صوفرArabic
SaoufarDutch
صوفرEgyptian Arabic
ΣαουφάρGreek
סאופרHebrew
SaoufarIrish
SaoufarItalian
SaoufarNorwegian Nynorsk
صوفرPersian
SaoufarPolish
صوقرUrdu

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