Kafr Bir’im
Kafr Bir'im, also Kefr Berem, was a former village in Mandatory Palestine, located in modern-day northern Israel, 4 kilometers south of the Lebanese border and 11.5 kilometers northwest of Safed.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Abandoned locality with 710 residents
- 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.
Bar’am National Park
Protected area
Bar'am National Park is a national park in Israel, between kibbutz Sasa and moshav Dovev, near the Lebanese border. On the grounds of the park is a two ancient Jewish synagogues from the Talmudic period, and the ruins of the depopulated Palestinian village of Kafr Bir'im, after which the park is named.
Kfar Baram
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 Bar'am National Park.
Pa’ar Cave
Cave
Photo: Ranbar, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Pa'ar Cave is a karstic sinkhole in the Upper Galilee, Israel. Pa’ar Cave is situated 3 km southwest of Kafr Bir’im.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Dovev and Tziv’on.
Dovev
Village
Dovev is a moshav in northern Israel. Located in the Upper Galilee around 7 km north of Har Meron near Israel's border with Lebanon, it falls under the jurisdiction of Merom HaGalil Regional Council. As of 2023 it had a population of 489.
Tziv’on
Hamlet
Tziv'on is a kibbutz in northern Israel. Located near Safed and the Lebanese border, it falls under the jurisdiction of Upper Galilee Regional Council. In 2023 it had a population of 457.
Bar’am
Village
Photo: MASQUERAID, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Bar'am is a kibbutz in northern Israel. Located approximately 300 meters from Israel's border with Lebanon near the ruins of the ancient Jewish village of Kfar Bar'am.
Kafr Bir’im
- Categories: district, village/town/city in Lebanon, depopulated Palestinian village, human settlement, village, and former settlement
- Location: Northern District, Israel, Middle East, Asia
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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
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include ‘En Tappuẖim and Shmurat Brekhat Dovev.
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About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Kafr Bir’im”. Photo: Bienchido, CC BY-SA 3.0.