Tell es-Safi

Tell es-Safi was an Arab Palestinian village, located in the region on the southern banks of Wadi 'Ajjur, 35 kilometers northwest of , which had its Arab population expelled during the 1948 Arab–Israeli war.
  • Archaeological site
  • …lies at an elevation of 226 metres (741 feet)
  • Description: depopulated Palestinian village
  • Also known as
    “Tall as Safi”
    “Tel Es Sāfi”
    “Tel Zafit”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Gat and Kfar Menahem.
Locality
Gath or was one of the five cities of the Philistine pentapolis during the Iron Age.
is a kibbutz in southern .
3½ km north of Tell es-Safi
Al-'Azi is an Arab village in central .
3½ km northwest of Tell es-Safi
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Latitude
31.70158° or 31° 42′ 6″ north
Longitude
34.84711° or 34° 50′ 50″ east
Open location code
8G3PPR2W+JR
Geo­Names ID
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Urdu—“Tell es-Safi” goes by many names.
تل الصافيArabic
Tell es-SafiCatalan
Tel ẔafitCebuano
تل الصافىEgyptian Arabic
Tel ẔafitHebrew
תל א-צאפיHebrew
תל צפיתHebrew
Tell es-SafiIndonesian
テル・エス=サフィJapanese
テル・ツァフィートJapanese
SaphithaLatin
تل صافیPersian
Tall as-SafiPolish
Tell es-SafiPolish

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