Sarafand al-Amar

Sarafand al-Ammar was a Palestinian Arab village situated on the coastal plain of Palestine, about 5 kilometers northwest of . It had a population of 1,950 in 1945 and a land area of 13,267 dunams.
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  • Type: Military installation
  • Description: village in Ramle, Mandatory Palestine
  • Also known as: “Sarafand”, “Sarafand al-‘Amar”, “Sarafand al-Kubra”, “Sarafand el ‘Amār”, “Surfend”, “Tseferin”, “Tserifin”, “Tsrifin”, “Tzerifin”, “Zerifin”, “Ẕerifin”, and “צרפנד אל-עמאר”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Yitzhak Shamir Medical Center – Assaf HaRofeh Campus and Lod.

Hospital
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Shamir Medical Center, formerly Assaf Harofeh Medical… is situated 1¼ km northwest of Sarafand al-Amar.

Railway station
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railway station is an Israel Railways station… is situated 3 km east of Sarafand al-Amar.

Barracks
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Tzrifin is an area in Gush Dan in central … is situated 1 km west of Sarafand al-Amar.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Nir Tzvi and Talmei Menashe.

Village
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is a moshav in the of .

Suburb
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is a moshav in central .

Town
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Be'er Ya'akov is a city in , near and Rishon Lezion.

Sarafand al-Amar

Latitude
31.95731° or 31° 57′ 26″ north
Longitude
34.84852° or 34° 50′ 55″ east
Elevation
59 metres (194 feet)
Open location code
8G3PXR4X+WC
Geo­Names ID
293084
Wiki­data ID
Q7421982
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Urdu—“Sarafand al-Amar” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “صرفند العمار”
  • French: “Sarafand al-Ammar”
  • Hebrew: “סרפאנד אל-עמאר”
  • Hebrew: “סרפנד אל-עמאר”
  • Hebrew: “צריפין”
  • Indonesian: “Sarafand al-Amar”
  • Persian: “صرفند العمار”
  • Urdu: “صرفند العمار”

Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Tzrifin and Shikun Rambam.

Nearby Places

Places to explore: Tsomet Nir Tsevi and Ta‘asion Ẕerifin.

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