Shuafat

Shuafat, also Shu'fat and Sha'fat, is a mostly Palestinian Arab neighborhood of , forming part of north-eastern . Located on the old Jerusalem– road about three miles north of the Old City, Shu'fat has a population of 35,000 residents.
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  • Type: Suburb with 35,000 residents
  • Description: Arab neighborhood in East Jerusalem
  • Also known as: “Shu‘fāţ”, “Shu’fat”, and “هي من القرى للمحتلة التابعة للقدس المحتلة في فلسطين”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Tall Al-Ful and Police National Headquarters.

Archaeological site
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Police station
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Cave
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Places in the Area

Nearby places include French Hill and Givat HaMivtar.

Suburb
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Suburb
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Suburb
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Shuafat

Latitude
31.81076° or 31° 48′ 39″ north
Longitude
35.23521° or 35° 14′ 7″ east
Population
35,000
Elevation
790 metres (2,592 feet)
Open location code
8G3QR66P+83
Open­Street­Map ID
node 334464842
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­suburb
Geo­Names ID
281818
Wiki­data ID
Q2915231
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Turkish—“Shuafat” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “شعفاط”
  • Arabic: “شعفاط‎”
  • Catalan: “Shuafat”
  • Czech: “Šu’afat”
  • Czech: “Šu’afát”
  • Czech: “Šu’fat”
  • Czech: “Šuafat”
  • French: “Shuafat”
  • German: “Schu’fat”
  • Hebrew: “שועפאט”
  • Hebrew: “שועפאת”
  • Hebrew: “שועפט”
  • Hebrew: “שועפת”
  • Hebrew: “שעפאט”
  • Indonesian: “Shuafat”
  • Italian: “Shuafat”
  • Macedonian: “Шуафат”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Shuafat”
  • Norwegian: “Shuafat”
  • Polish: “Szuafat”
  • Polish: “Szufat”
  • Russian: “Шуафат”
  • Spanish: “Shuafat”
  • Turkish: “Şuafat”

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