Kifl Haris
Kifl Haris is a Palestinian village in the northern West Bank, located six kilometers west of Salfit and 18 kilometers south of Nablus, in Salfit Governorate, Palestine; it is located northwest of the Israeli settlement of Ariel.- Type: Village with 3,250 residents
- Description: village council in Salfit Governorate
- Also known as: “Kafr Ḩaris”, “Kefel Hares”, “Kelf Harith”, “Kiel Ḥārith”, “Kifel Hares”, “Kifil Haris”, “Kifl Hareth”, “Kifl Harith”, “Kifl Ḩārith”, “Kufel Haris”, and “كفل حارث”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Tomb of Joshua Ben Nun.
Tomb of Joshua Ben Nun
Place of worship
The Tomb of Joshua, i.e. the burial site of the biblical figure Joshua, and that of his companion Caleb are, according to a Samaritan tradition noted in 1877, at Kifl Haris in the West Bank.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Haris and Deir Istiya.
Haris
Village
Haris is a Palestinian town in the Salfit Governorate of the State of Palestine, in the northern West Bank, 24 kilometers Southwest of Nablus. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, it had a population of 4,137 in 2017.
Deir Istiya
Village
Deir Istiya is a Palestinian town of 3,696 in the Salfit Governorate of the State of Palestine, in the northern West Bank, 15 kilometers southwest of Nablus. The built-up area of Deir Istiya is 74 dunams, and its old city has about thirty families.
Revava
Village
Revava, is an Orthodox Jewish Israeli settlement in the West Bank. Located to the northwest of Ariel, it falls under the jurisdiction of Shomron Regional Council. Revava is situated 3 km west of Kifl Haris.
Kifl Haris
- Categories: town and locality
- Location: Salfit Governorate, West Bank, Palestine, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
32.11815° or 32° 7′ 5″ north
Longitude
35.15799° or 35° 9′ 29″ east
Population
3,250
Elevation
516 metres (1,693 feet)
Open location code
8G4Q4595+75
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Urdu—“Kifl Haris” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “كفل حارس”
- Arabic: “كلف حارث”
- Asturian: “Kefl Hares”
- Catalan: “Kifl Haris”
- Cebuano: “Kifil Ḩāris”
- Dutch: “Kifl Haris”
- Egyptian Arabic: “كفل حارس”
- French: “Kifl Hares”
- Hebrew: “כיפל חארס”
- Hebrew: “כיפל חארת‘”
- Hebrew: “כיפל חארת’”
- Hebrew: “כפל חארת”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Kifl Hares”
- Urdu: “کفل حارس”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Ariel and Revava.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Kafil Harith and Kifl Haris Municipality.
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