Lifta
Lifta was a Palestinian village on the outskirts of Jerusalem. The village's Palestinian Arab inhabitants were expelled by Zionist paramilitary forces during the 1948 Palestine war.
- Type: Locality
- Description: depopulated Palestinian village village on the outskirts of Jerusalem
- Also known as: “Liftah”, “Me Neftoah”, “Mei Neftoaḥ”, “Mej Naftoach”, “Neftoah”, “Nephtoah”, and “ליפתה”
Places of Interest
Highlights: Binyanei HaUma and Boundary marker.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Givat Shaul and Kiryat Mattersdorf.
Lifta
- Categories: human settlement, depopulated Palestinian village, village, and former settlement
- Location: Jerusalem District, Israel, Middle East, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
31.79696° or 31° 47′ 49″ north
Longitude
35.19239° or 35° 11′ 33″ east
Elevation
660 metres (2,165 feet)
Open location code
8G3QQ5WR+QX
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Urdu—“Lifta” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “لفتا”
- Catalan: “Lifta”
- Czech: “Lifta”
- Dutch: “Lifta”
- Egyptian Arabic: “لفتا”
- Finnish: “Lifta”
- French: “Lifta”
- German: “Lifta”
- Hebrew: “Mé Neftoaẖ”
- Hebrew: “ליפתא”
- Hebrew: “לפתא”
- Hebrew: “מי נפתוח”
- Indonesian: “Lifta”
- Irish: “Lifta”
- Japanese: “リフタ”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Lifta”
- Norwegian: “Lifta”
- Persian: “لیفتا”
- Polish: “Lifta”
- Romanian: “Lifta”
- Russian: “Лифта”
- Spanish: “Lifta”
- Ukrainian: “Ліфта”
- Urdu: “لفتا”
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Shu‘afat and Kiryat Moshe.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Shemurat Lifta and Miẕpé Neftoaẖ.
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