Sarafand al-Amar
Sarafand al-Ammar was a Palestinian Arab village situated on the coastal plain of Palestine, about 5 kilometers northwest of Ramla. It had a population of 1,950 in 1945 and a land area of 13,267 dunams.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Military installation
- Description: village in Ramle, Mandatory Palestine
- Also known as: “Sarafand”, “Sarafand al-‘Amar”, “Sarafand el ‘Amār”, “Surfend”, “Tseferin”, “Tserifin”, “Tsrifin”, “Tzerifin”, “Zerifin”, and “Ẕerifin”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Yitzhak Shamir Medical Center – Assaf HaRofeh Campus and Lod.
Yitzhak Shamir Medical Center – Assaf HaRofeh Campus
Hospital
Photo: Aharofeh, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Shamir Medical Center, formerly Assaf Harofeh Medical Center, is a teaching hospital in Be'er Ya'akov, 15 kilometres southeast of Tel Aviv, Israel. Yitzhak Shamir Medical Center – Assaf HaRofeh Campus is situated 1¼ km northwest of Sarafand al-Amar.
Lod
Railway station
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Lod railway station is an Israel Railways station in Lod, Israel, served by most railway lines of Israel Railways. The station is located in the HaRakevet district of south Lod. Lod is situated 3 km east of Sarafand al-Amar.
Tzrifin camp
Barracks
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Tzrifin is an area in Gush Dan in central Israel, located on the eastern side of Rishon LeZion and including parts of Be'er Ya'akov. The area proper is defined as an 'area without jurisdiction' between the two cities. Tzrifin camp is situated 1 km west of Sarafand al-Amar.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Nir Tzvi and Talmei Menashe.
Nir Tzvi
Village
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Nir Tzvi is a moshav in the Central District of Israel. Located near Lod, it falls under the jurisdiction of Sdot Dan Regional Council. In 2023 it had a population of 1,128.
Talmei Menashe
Suburb
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Talmei Menashe is a moshav in central Israel. It was established in 1953 by the General Zionists movement. The moshav encompasses 1,800 dunams and consists of 62 farms, 5 auxiliary farms, and a residential annex.
Be’er Ya’akov
Town
Be'er Ya'akov is a city in central Israel, near Ness Ziona and Rishon Lezion. The town has an area of 8,580 dunams, and had a population of 34,601 in 2023.
Sarafand al-Amar
- Categories: district, depopulated Palestinian village, human settlement, village, and former settlement
- Location: Central District, Israel, Middle East, Asia
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Urdu—“Sarafand al-Amar” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “صرفند العمار”
- Hebrew: “סרפאנד אל-עמאר”
- Hebrew: “סרפנד אל-עמאר”
- Hebrew: “צריפין”
- Hebrew: “צרפנד אל-עמאר”
- Indonesian: “Sarafand al-Amar”
- Urdu: “صرفند العمار”
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