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Kfar Tavor

Kfar Tavor is a village in the region of , at the foot of . Founded in 1901, it was awarded local council status in 1949. In 2023 it had a population of 4,376. As of 2022, nearly all of its citizens are Jewish.
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  • Type: Village with 4,310 residents
  • Description: village in Israel
  • Also known as: “Kefar Tavor”, “Kfar Tabor”, “KfarTavor”, “Mas-ha”, and “Mashah”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Mount Tabor and Basilica of the Transfiguration.

Peak
Photo: Eliot, CC BY 2.0.
, sometimes spelled Mount Thabor, is a large hill of biblical significance in the , , at the eastern end of the , 18 kilometres west of the . is situated 3 km west of Kfar Tavor.

Church
Photo: Gugganij, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Church of the Transfiguration is a Franciscan church located on in . It is traditionally believed to be the site where the Transfiguration of Jesus took place, an event in the Gospels in which Jesus is transfigured upon an unnamed mountain and speaks with Moses and Elijah. is situated 2½ km west of Kfar Tavor.

School
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
, sometimes spelled "Kadouri" or "Kaduri", is an agricultural school and youth village in situated next to Mount Tabor in the Lower Galilee, two kilometers north of Kfar Tavor.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Shadmot Dvora and Kaduri.

Village
Photo: Almog, Public domain.
is a moshav in northern . Located south-west of , it falls under the jurisdiction of Lower Galilee Regional Council. In 2023 it had a population of 813.

Village
Photo: Asafsagi, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a village.

Village
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is an Arab Bedouin town at the foot of in 's . In 2023 it had a population of 6,402. is situated 2½ km southwest of Kfar Tavor.

Kfar Tavor

Latitude
32.68781° or 32° 41′ 16″ north
Longitude
35.42042° or 35° 25′ 14″ east
Population
4,310
Elevation
118 metres (387 feet)
United Nations Location Code
IL KTH
Open location code
8G4QMCQC+45
Open­Street­Map ID
node 278473207
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
294502
Wiki­data ID
Q1186956
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Satellite Map

Discover Kfar Tavor from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yiddish—“Kfar Tavor” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “كفار طابور”
  • Arabic: “كفر طابور”
  • Belarusian: “Кфар-Тавор”
  • Cebuano: “Kefar Tavor”
  • Czech: “Kefar Tabor”
  • Czech: “Kefar Tavor”
  • Czech: “Kfar Tabor”
  • Czech: “Kfar Tavor”
  • Dutch: “Kfar Tavor”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “كفار تافور”
  • Finnish: “Kfar Tavor”
  • French: “Kfar Tabor”
  • French: “Kfar Tavor”
  • German: “Kfar Tabor”
  • German: “Kfar Tavor”
  • German: “Weingut”
  • Hebrew: “כפר תבור”
  • Hebrew: “כפר-תבור”
  • Italian: “Kfar Tavor”
  • Japanese: “クファー・タヴォー”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Kfar Tavor”
  • Persian: “کفر تابور”
  • Polish: “Kefar Tawor”
  • Portuguese: “Kfar Tavor”
  • Russian: “Кфар Тавор”
  • Russian: “Кфар-Тавор”
  • Scots: “Kfar Tavor”
  • Slovenian: “Kfar Tabor”
  • Slovenian: “Kfar Tavor”
  • Swedish: “Kefar Tavor”
  • Turkish: “Kfar Tavor”
  • Ukrainian: “Кфар-Тавор”
  • Yiddish: “כפר תבור”

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include The great synagogue and Ein Massah.

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