Taffuh
Taffuh is a Palestinian town located eight kilometers west of Hebron.The town is in the Hebron Governorate in the southern West Bank. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the town had a population of 15,800 in 2017.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Town with 9,480 residents
- Description: municipality in Hebron Governorate
- Also known as: “Taffouh” and “Tapuah”
- Address: تفوح
Places of Interest
Highlights include Dura International Stadium and Abraham’s Oak Holy Trinity Monastery.
Dura International Stadium
Stadium
Photo: TrickyH, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Dura International Stadium is a football stadium in the city of Dura in the Hebron Governorate, Palestine. It was opened in 1965 and was renovated in 1999 and 2011. Dura International Stadium is situated 3½ km south of Taffuh.
Abraham’s Oak Holy Trinity Monastery
Monastery
Photo: Copper Kettle, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Church of the Holy Forefathers and Monastery of the Holy Trinity, also known as Al Maskobiya, is a Russian Orthodox monastery and church in Hebron, Palestine, founded in the 20th century on the site of the ancient Oak of Mamre. Abraham’s Oak Holy Trinity Monastery is situated 4 km east of Taffuh.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Adora and Telem.
Adora
Village
Photo: Anghv, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Adora is an Israeli settlement organised as a community settlement in the Judean Mountains in the southern West Bank, northwest of Hebron. Established in 1984, the community ideologically identifies with the Herut–Betar farming organization and falls under the jurisdiction of Har Hevron Regional Council. Adora is situated 3 km northwest of Taffuh.
Telem
Village
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Telem is an Israeli settlement in the West Bank. Organized as a communal settlement, it is located in the southern Judean Hills region, west of Kiryat Arba, it falls under the jurisdiction of Har Hevron Regional Council. Telem is situated 3 km northwest of Taffuh.
Dura
Town
Photo: Ahmadalrjoub, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Dura is a Palestinian city located eleven kilometers southwest of Hebron, in the southern West Bank, in the Hebron Governorate of the State of Palestine. Dura is situated 4 km southwest of Taffuh.
Taffuh
- Categories: village and locality
- Location: Hebron, West Bank, Palestine, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
31.53817° or 31° 32′ 17″ northLongitude
35.04428° or 35° 2′ 39″ eastPopulation
9,480Elevation
806 metres (2,644 feet)Open location code
8G3QG2QV+7POpenStreetMap ID
node 332957664OpenStreetMap feature
place=townGeoNames ID
281690Wikidata ID
Q7674962
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Serbian—“Taffuh” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “تفوح”
- Arabic: “تفوح”
- Arabic: “تفُّوح”
- Arabic: “تفّوح”
- Asturian: “Taffuh”
- Catalan: “Taffuh”
- Cebuano: “Taffūḩ”
- Dutch: “Taffuh”
- Egyptian Arabic: “تفوح”
- French: “Taffuh”
- Hebrew: “תפוח (יישוב)”
- Hebrew: “תפוח”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Taffuh”
- Polish: “Taffuh”
- Serbian: “Tафух”
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Notable Places Nearby
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