Kafr ’Aqab

Kafr 'Aqab is the northernmost Palestinian Arab neighborhood in . It is part of the area annexed and included in municipal Jerusalem following its occupation by Israel in 1967.
Wikipedia
Photo: עדירל, CC BY-SA 3.0.
  • Type: Suburb with 14,300 residents
  • Description: municipality in Jerusalem Governorate
  • Also known as: “Kafr ‘Aqab”, “Kafr ‘Aqab اسرائيل”, “Kfar Aqab”, “Kufur Akab”, “Kufur Aqab”, and “עקב”

Places of Interest

Highlights: Qalandia Airport and Tel A-Nasbe.

Aerodrome
Photo: Ehudg, Public domain.
Jerusalem International Airport was a regional airport located in the city of .

Archaeological site
Photo: דניאל צבי, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Tell en-Nasbeh, possibly the biblical city of Mizpah…

Stadium
… is situated 3 km south of Kafr ’Aqab.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Qalandiya Refugee Camp and Qalandia.

Town
Photo: L-BBE, CC BY 3.0.
Qalandia Camp is a Palestinian refugee camp…

Village
Photo: Agmonsnir, CC BY-SA 4.0.
or Qalandiya, also known as Kalandia…

Village
Photo: Yoninah, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Tel Zion is a Haredi Israeli settlement in the .

Kafr ’Aqab

Latitude
31.87489° or 31° 52′ 30″ north
Longitude
35.21877° or 35° 13′ 8″ east
Population
14,300
Elevation
804 metres (2,638 feet)
Open location code
8G3QV6F9+XG
Open­Street­Map ID
node 332794849
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­suburb
Geo­Names ID
283382
Wiki­data ID
Q2918647
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Swedish—“Kafr ’Aqab” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “كفر عقب”
  • Asturian: “Kafr ‘Aqab”
  • Catalan: “Kafr ‘Aqab”
  • Catalan: “Kafr ’Aqab”
  • Czech: “Kafr Akab”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “كفر عقب”
  • Finnish: “Kfar Akab”
  • French: “Kafr ‘Aqab”
  • French: “Kafr ’Aqab”
  • French: “Kafr Akab”
  • Hebrew: “כפר עקב”
  • Indonesian: “Kafr ‘Aqab”
  • Indonesian: “Kafr ’Aqab”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Kafr ’Aqab”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Kafr Aqab”
  • Norwegian: “Kafr ’Aqab”
  • Persian: “کفر عقب”
  • Russian: “Кафр-Акаб”
  • Spanish: “Kafr Aqab”
  • Swedish: “Kafr Aqab”

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