Hittin
Hittin was a Palestinian village located 8 kilometers west of Tiberias before it was occupied by Israel during the 1948 Arab-Israeli war when most of its original residents became refugees after being ethnically cleansed.
Wikimedia, Public domain.- Locality with about 1,190 residents
- …lies at an elevation of around 40 metres (140 feet)
- Description: historic Palestinian village, the site of the Battle of Hattin in 1187, replaced in 1949–1950 by two Jewish Israeli villages
- Also known as“Hattin”“Kefar Hitim”“Kefar Hittin”“Kfar Hitim”“KfarHittim”
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Mount Arbel
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Hittin
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Latitude
32.8001° or 32° 48′ 0″ north
Longitude
35.50301° or 35° 30′ 11″ east
Open location code
8G4QRG23+26
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Hittin” goes by many names.
Kefar H̱ittimHebrew
Kfar H̱ittimHebrew
חיטיןHebrew
כפר חטיםHebrew
HittinItalian
ヒッティーンJapanese
HittinNorwegian
HittinNorwegian Bokmål
حطینPersian
HittinPolish
ХаттинRussian
ХиттинRussian
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