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Beit Safafa

Beit Safafa is a Palestinian town along the Green Line, with the vast majority of its territory in and some northern parts in .
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Photo: Agmonsnir, CC BY-SA 4.0.
  • Type: Suburb
  • Description: Arab neighborhood in East Jerusalem
  • Also known as: “Bayt Şafāfā”, “Beit Ṣafāfā”, “Beit Safafa, East Jerusalem”, “Beit Tsafafa”, and “Beit Tzafafa”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Kathisma and Teddy Stadium.

Archaeological site
The Church of the Seat of Mary, Church of the or Old being the name mostly used in literature, was a 5th-century Byzantine church in the , located between and , on what is today known as Hebron Road.

Stadium
Photo: Agmonsnir, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a sports in , . Two major Israeli football clubs currently use it as their home ground: Beitar Jerusalem and Hapoel Jerusalem.

Stadium
Photo: Agmonsnir, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Jerusalem Arena, renamed for the National Lottery Mifal HaPais grant as Jerusalem, is a multi-purpose sports arena in , funded by the city council and National Lottery grant of Mifal HaPais.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Givat Hamatos and Talpiot.

Neighborhood
is a planned Israeli settlement in . It encompasses an area of 170 dunams. It is bordered by in the north, in the south, and Beit Safafa in the west.

Suburb
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
is an Israeli neighborhood in southeastern , established in 1922 by Zionist pioneers. It was built as a garden suburb on land purchased by the -based Palestine Land Development Company and other Jewish building societies.

Village
Photo: Gilabrand, CC BY 3.0.
Ramat Rachel is a kibbutz located in central . An enclave within Jerusalem's municipal boundaries, near the neighborhoods and , and overlooking and , it falls under the jurisdiction of Mateh Yehuda Regional Council.

Beit Safafa

Latitude
31.74415° or 31° 44′ 39″ north
Longitude
35.20625° or 35° 12′ 23″ east
Elevation
735 metres (2,411 feet)
Open location code
8G3QP6V4+MG
Open­Street­Map ID
node 334492197
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­suburb
Geo­Names ID
284305
Wiki­data ID
Q814904
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Beit Safafa” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “بيت صفافا”
  • Catalan: “Beit Safafa”
  • Czech: “Bajt Safáfá”
  • Czech: “Beit Safafa”
  • Czech: “Bejt Cafafa”
  • Dutch: “Beit Safafa”
  • French: “Beit Safafa”
  • German: “Beit Safafa”
  • Hebrew: “בית צפאפא”
  • Hebrew: “בית צפאפה”
  • Hebrew: “בית צפפה”
  • Indonesian: “Beit Safafa”
  • Italian: “Beit Safafa”
  • Javanese: “Beit Safafa”
  • Persian: “بیت صفافا”
  • Polish: “Bajt Safafa”
  • Polish: “Bejt Safafa”
  • Spanish: “Beit Safafa”
  • Turkish: “Beyt Safafa”
  • Ukrainian: “Бейт-Сафафа”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Sharafat and Ramat Raẖel.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Yeshivat Itri and Hamza Mosque.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Beit Safafa”. Photo: Agmonsnir, CC BY-SA 4.0.