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Haifa District

Tzrufa

Tzrufa is a moshav in northern . Located near , it falls under the jurisdiction of Hof HaCarmel Regional Council. In 2023 it had a population of 1,244.
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  • Type: Village with 1,100 residents
  • Description: moshav
  • Also known as: “Tserufa” and “Ẕerufa”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Nahal Mearot and Ofer forest observation tower.

Tourism office
Photo: Yitzhak Marmelstein, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Caves of Nahal Me’arot / Wadi el-Mughara, named here by the Hebrew and Arabic name of the valley where they are located, are a UNESCO Site of Human Evolution in the near in northern . is situated 3 km northeast of Tzrufa.

Scenic viewpoint
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is a scenic viewpoint.

Ruins
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or Capharleth or Kafr Lam is an Early Muslim coastal fortress of the Roman castrum type. Today it is located inside Moshav , , on lands of the now abandoned Arab village of .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Geva Carmel and HaBonim.

Village
Photo: Idobi, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a moshav in northern . Located near , it falls under the jurisdiction of Hof HaCarmel Regional Council. In 2023 it had a population of 1,126.

Village
Photo: RoyTek, Public domain.
is a moshav shitufi in northern . Located 5 km south of and 3 km north of Kibbutz , it falls under the jurisdiction of Hof HaCarmel Regional Council. In 2023 it had a population of 409.

Village
Photo: Oyoyoy, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a semi-cooperative moshav in northern . Located at the foot of around 20 km south of , it falls under the jurisdiction of the Hof HaCarmel Regional Council. In 2023 it had a population of 1,219.

Tzrufa

Latitude
32.64865° or 32° 38′ 55″ north
Longitude
34.94608° or 34° 56′ 46″ east
Population
1,100
Elevation
19 metres (62 feet)
Open location code
8G4PJWXW+FC
Open­Street­Map ID
way 637958968
Open­Street­Map feature
landuse=­residential
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
293080
Wiki­data ID
Q277749
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In Other Languages

From Czech to Ukrainian—“Tzrufa” goes by many names.
  • Czech: “Crufa”
  • French: “Tzrufa”
  • Hebrew: “צרופה”
  • Hebrew: “צְרוּפָה”
  • Irish: “Tzrufa”
  • Japanese: “ツルファ”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “tzrufa”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Tzrufa”
  • Polish: “Cerufa”
  • Polish: “Tsrufa”
  • Turkish: “Tzrufa”
  • Ukrainian: “Цруфа”

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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 “Tzrufa”. Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 2.5.