Palestine
West Bank
Salfit Governorate

Rafat

Rafat is a Palestinian town in the of the State of Palestine, in the northern , 38 kilometers southwest of . According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, it had a population of 2,522 in 2017.
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  • Type: Village with 1,950 residents
  • Description: village council in Salfit Governorate
  • Also known as: “Rafat, Salfit”

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is an archaeological site in the Palestinian town of , in the of the State of Palestine, in the Israeli-occupied .

Archaeological site
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is an archaeological site.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Leshem and Yo’ezer.

Village
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is an Israeli settlement in the . It is located on Route 446, about 13 km west of the Palestinian city of Salfit and about 37 km northwest of , in the Palestinian side of the Israeli West Bank barrier.

Village
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Alei Zahav is an Israeli settlement organized as a community settlement located on the western edge of the northern , adjacent to the Palestinian towns of and , whose lands were confiscated for building Alei Zahav.

Village
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is an Israeli settlement in the . Located about 10 km from the Palestinian city of , 25 km east of and adjacent to , and , it is organised as a community settlement and falls under the jurisdiction of Shomron Regional Council.

Rafat

Latitude
32.07752° or 32° 4′ 39″ north
Longitude
35.04433° or 35° 2′ 40″ east
Population
1,950
Elevation
306 metres (1,004 feet)
Open location code
8G4Q32HV+2P
Open­Street­Map ID
node 432348865
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
282264
Wiki­data ID
Q7282406
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Persian—“Rafat” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “رافات، سلفيت”
  • Arabic: “رافات”
  • Catalan: “Rafat”
  • Cebuano: “Rāfāt”
  • Dutch: “Rafat, Salfit”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “رافات”
  • French: “Rafat (Salfit)”
  • French: “Rafat”
  • Hebrew: “ראפאת”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Rafat i Salfit”
  • Persian: “رافات”

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