Safsaf
Safsaf was a Palestinian village 9 kilometres northwest of Safed, present-day Israel. Its villagers fled to Lebanon after the Safsaf massacre in October 1948, during the 1948 Arab–Israeli War.- Type: Locality with 910 residents
- Description: village in Safad, Mandatory Palestine
- Also known as: “KfarHoshen”, “Sifsufa”, “Sifsufah”, and “Sufsaf”
Places of Interest
Highlights: Mount Meron and Dalton Air Strip.
Mount Meron
Peak
Mount Meron, also known as Mount Jarmaq or Jebel… Mount Meron is situated 3 km southwest of Safsaf.
Dalton Air Strip
Aerodrome
Dalton Air Strip is an aerodrome, which is situated 2½ km east of Safsaf.
Old Meron Synagogue
Archaeological site
Old Meron Synagogue is an archaeological site, which is situated 3½ km south of Safsaf.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kfar Hoshen and Or HaGanuz.
Safsaf
- Categories: district, depopulated Palestinian village, human settlement, village, and former settlement
- Location: Northern District, Israel, Middle East, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
33.01239° or 33° 0′ 45″ north
Longitude
35.438° or 35° 26′ 17″ east
Population
910
Elevation
711 metres (2,333 feet)
Open location code
8G5Q2C6Q+X5
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Safsaf” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “صفصاف، فلسطين”
- Arabic: “صفصاف”
- Hebrew: “Kefar H̱oshen”
- Hebrew: “Kfar H̱oshen”
- Hebrew: “כפר חושן”
- Hebrew: “ספסופה”
- Hebrew: “צפצאף”
- Indonesian: “Safsaf”
- Persian: “صفصاف”
- Polish: “Safsaf”
- Spanish: “Safsaf (Palestina)”
- Spanish: “Safsaf”
- Urdu: “صفصاف”
- Vietnamese: “Safsaf”
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Bar Yohai and Tsiv‘on.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Me`arat Sifsufa and Ṣafṣāf.
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