Kafr Lam
Kafr Lam was a Palestinian Arab village located 26 kilometres south of Haifa on the Mediterranean coast. The name of the village was shared with that of an Islamic fort constructed there early in the period of Arab Caliphate rule in Palestine.
- Type: Abandoned locality
- Description: village in Haifa, Mandatory Palestine
- Also known as: “Kafr Lām”
Places of Interest
Highlights: Cafarlet and Tel Dor.
Cafarlet
Ruins
Cafarlet or Capharleth or Kafr Lam is an Early Muslim coastal fortress of the Roman castrum type.
Tel Dor
Archaeological site
Tel Dor or Tell el-Burj, also Khirbet el-Burj… Tel Dor is situated 2½ km southwest of Kafr Lam.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include HaBonim and Ein Ayala.
Kafr Lam
- Categories: district, depopulated Palestinian village, human settlement, village, and former settlement
- Location: Haifa District, Israel, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
32.63428° or 32° 38′ 3″ north
Longitude
34.93608° or 34° 56′ 10″ east
Elevation
10 metres (33 feet)
Open location code
8G4PJWMP+PC
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Urdu—“Kafr Lam” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “كفر لام، حيفا”
- Arabic: “كفر لام”
- Hebrew: “כפר לאם”
- Indonesian: “Kafr Lam”
- Persian: “کفر لام”
- Urdu: “کفر لام”
Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Nahsholim and Dor.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Shmurat H̱of Dor HaBonim and H̱orbat Dor.
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