Kafr Qasim

Kafr Qasim, also spelled as Kafr Qassem, Kufur Kassem, Kfar Kassem and Kafar Kassem, is an Arab city in . It is located about 20 km east of , on the Israeli side of the Green Line separating Israel and the , in the southern portion of the "Little Triangle" of Arab-Israeli towns and villages.
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  • Type: Village with 23,800 residents
  • Description: city in Israel
  • Also known as: “Kafar Qāsem”, “Kafer-Kassim”, “Kafr Kasim”, “Kasim”, “Kefar Qesem”, and “Kufr Qāsim”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Kesem cave and Izbet Sartah.

Ruins
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Qesem Cave is a Lower Paleolithic archaeological site near the city of Kafr Qasim in . The site was occupied by early humans from about 400,000 to about 200,000 years ago.

Archaeological site
Eben-Ezer is a location that is mentioned by the Books of Samuel as the scene of battles between the Israelites and Philistines. It is specified as having been less than a day's journey by foot from , near Aphek, in the vicinity of Mizpah, near the western entrance of the pass of Bethoron.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kafr Bara and Oranit.

Village
Kafr Barra is an Arab locality in Israel in situated in its . The small village, located near the Green Line, is often considered a part of the Arabs' Little Triangle along with the cities of Kafr Qasim and .

Village
is an Israeli settlement and local council located in the Seam Zone of the , abutting and crossing the Green Line. It is surrounded by forest to the west, and Kfar Qasim to the southwest, to the east, and Khirbet Abu Salman to the northeast.

Village
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is a kibbutz in central . Located in the south of the and covering 3,000 dunams, it falls under the jurisdiction of . is situated 2½ km north of Kafr Qasim.

Kafr Qasim

Latitude
32.11507° or 32° 6′ 54″ north
Longitude
34.97662° or 34° 58′ 36″ east
Population
23,800
Elevation
136 metres (446 feet)
United Nations Location Code
IL KAQ
Open location code
8G4P4X8G+2J
Open­Street­Map ID
way 69358409
Open­Street­Map feature
landuse=­residential
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
294604
Wiki­data ID
Q152659
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yiddish—“Kafr Qasim” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “كفر قاسم‎”
  • Arabic: “كفر قاسم”
  • Armenian: “Քաֆր Կասեմ”
  • Asturian: “Kafr Qasim”
  • Azerbaijani: “Kafr-Qasim”
  • Catalan: “Kafr Qasim”
  • Cebuano: “Kafr Qāsim”
  • Central Kurdish: “کەفر قاسم”
  • Chinese: “加西姆村”
  • Czech: “Kafar Kasem”
  • Czech: “Kafr Kasim”
  • Czech: “Kafr Kásim”
  • Czech: “Kafr Qasim”
  • Czech: “Kafr Qassem”
  • Dutch: “Kafr Qasim”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “كفر قاسم”
  • Esperanto: “Kafr Kasim”
  • Finnish: “Kafr Qasim”
  • French: “Kafr Qasim”
  • Georgian: “კაფრ ქასიმი”
  • Georgian: “კაფრ-ქასიმი”
  • German: “Kafar Kassem”
  • German: “Kafr Qasim”
  • German: “Kafr Qassem”
  • German: “Kfar Kassem”
  • German: “Kufur Kassem”
  • Greek: “Καφρ Κασίμ”
  • Hebrew: “כפר קאסם”
  • Hebrew: “כַּפְר קָאסִם”
  • Hebrew: “כפר קסם”
  • Hebrew: “כפר-קאסם”
  • Indonesian: “Kafr Qasim”
  • Italian: “Kafr Qasim”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Kafr Qasim”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Kafr Qasim”
  • Persian: “کفر قاسم”
  • Polish: “Kafar Qasem”
  • Polish: “Kafr Kasim”
  • Portuguese: “Kafar Kassem”
  • Portuguese: “Kafr Qasim”
  • Portuguese: “Kafr Qassem”
  • Portuguese: “Kufur Kassem”
  • Russian: “Кафр-Касем”
  • Russian: “Кфар-Касем”
  • Scots: “Kafr Qasim”
  • Serbian: “Кафр Касим”
  • Spanish: “Kafar Kassem”
  • Spanish: “Kafr Kasim”
  • Spanish: “Kafr Qasim”
  • Spanish: “Kafr Qassem”
  • Spanish: “Kfar Kassem”
  • Spanish: “Kufur Kassem”
  • Swahili: “Kafr Qasim”
  • Swedish: “Kafr Qāsim”
  • Turkish: “Kafr Kasim”
  • Turkish: “Kafr Kasım”
  • Ukrainian: “Кафр-Касем”
  • Ukrainian: “Кфар-Касем”
  • Urdu: “کفر قاسم”
  • Vietnamese: “Kafr Qasim”
  • Yiddish: “כפר קאסם”

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