Kafr Bir’im

Kafr Bir'im, also Kefr Berem, was a former village in Mandatory Palestine, located in modern-day northern , 4 kilometers south of the border and 11.5 kilometers northwest of .
Wikipedia
  • Type: Abandoned locality
  • Description: place in Safad, Mandatory Palestine
  • Also known as: “Bir‘am”, “Bir‘im”, “Kafr Bar‘am”, “Kefar Bir‘am”, “Kfar Bar`am”, and “Kfar Biraam”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Bar’am National Park and Kfar Baram.

Protected area
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 2.5.
Bar'am National Park is a in , between kibbutz and moshav , near the Lebanese border. On the grounds of the park is a two ancient Jewish from the Talmudic period, and the ruins of the depopulated Palestinian village of Kafr Bir'im, after which the park is named.

Ruins
Photo: MASQUERAID, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Kfar Bar'am Synagogue, also known as the Kafar Berem Synagogue, is the archaeological ruins of two former ancient Jewish synagogues, located at the site of Kafr Bir'im, a former Palestinian Christian village, in what is today the .

Cave
Photo: Ranbar, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Pa'ar Cave is a karstic in the , . is situated 3½ km southwest of Kafr Bir’im.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Dovev and Tziv’on.

Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 3.0.
is a moshav in northern . Located in the around 7 km north of Har Meron near Israel's border with , it falls under the jurisdiction of Merom HaGalil Regional Council. As of 2024 it had a population of 515.

Hamlet
Tziv'on is a kibbutz in northern . Located near and the Lebanese border, it falls under the jurisdiction of Upper Galilee Regional Council. In 2024 it had a population of 450.

Village
Photo: MASQUERAID, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Bar'am is a kibbutz in northern . Located approximately 300 meters from Israel's border with near the ruins of the ancient Jewish village of Kfar Bar'am.

Kafr Bir’im

Latitude
33.04502° or 33° 2′ 42″ north
Longitude
35.41655° or 35° 24′ 60″ east
Elevation
760 metres (2,493 feet)
Open location code
8G5Q2CW8+2J
Geo­Names ID
294562
Wiki­data ID
Q2904390
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Urdu—“Kafr Bir’im” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “كفر برعم”
  • Chinese: “比利姆村”
  • French: “Bar’am”
  • French: “Berem”
  • French: “Biram”
  • French: “Kafr Bir’im”
  • French: “Kefr Berem”
  • Hebrew: “Kefar Bar‘am”
  • Hebrew: “Kefar Bar’am”
  • Hebrew: “Kfar Bar‘am”
  • Hebrew: “בירעם”
  • Hebrew: “כפר בירעם”
  • Hebrew: “כפר ברעם”
  • Indonesian: “Kafr Bir’im”
  • Persian: “کفر برعم”
  • Polish: “Kafar Birim”
  • Polish: “Kafr Birim”
  • Russian: “Кафр-Бирим”
  • Swedish: “Kafr Bir’im”
  • Urdu: “کفر برعم”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as ‘Arab Luheib er Rasātima and Tsiv‘on.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Shmurat Brekhat Dovev and ‘En Tappuẖim.

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