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Haifa District

Sarafand

Sarafand is an archaeological site in , . Sarafand is situated nearby to the ruins , as well as near the village .
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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Cafarlet and Nahal Mearot.

Ruins
Photo: Bukvoed, CC BY 3.0.
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 . is situated 1 km south of Sarafand.

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 4 km northeast of Sarafand.

Archaeological site
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or Tell el-Burj, also Khirbet el-Burj in Arabic, is an archaeological site located on the of the Mediterranean Sea next to modern moshav , about 30 kilometers south of , and 2.5 kilometers west of . is situated 3½ km southwest of Sarafand.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Tzrufa and HaBonim.

Village
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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.

Village
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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.

Sarafand

Latitude
32.64583° or 32° 38′ 45″ north
Longitude
34.93546° or 34° 56′ 8″ east
Elevation
4 metres (13 feet)
Open location code
8G4PJWWP+85
Open­Street­Map ID
node 278478374
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­archaeological_site
Geo­Names ID
293641
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In Other Languages

“Sarafand” goes by many names.
  • Hebrew: “צרפנד”

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