Kafr Bara

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 and .
Wikipedia
  • Type: Village with 3,680 residents
  • Description: Arab-Muslim village in central Israel
  • Also known as: “Kafer Bara”, “Kafr Bārā”, “Kafr Barah”, “Kefar Bara”, “Kfar Bara”, and “Qafr Bara”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Kesem cave and Rosh HaAyin–North railway station.

Ruins
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Qesem Cave is a Lower Paleolithic archaeological site near the city of in . The site was occupied by early humans from about 400,000 to about 200,000 years ago. is situated 3½ km southeast of Kafr Bara.

Railway station
Photo: Eden1996, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The is a suburban passenger railway station in , operated by Israel Railways. It is situated in north near the Kesem Interchange which is located at the intersection of Highway 5 and the Cross-Israel Highway. is situated 3½ km west of Kafr Bara.

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. is situated 3 km south of Kafr Bara.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Horshim and Kafr Qasim.

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 .

Village
Photo: Nizzan Cohen, CC BY 4.0.
, 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.

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.

Kafr Bara

Latitude
32.13109° or 32° 7′ 52″ north
Longitude
34.97033° or 34° 58′ 13″ east
Population
3,680
Elevation
98 metres (322 feet)
Open location code
8G4P4XJC+C4
Open­Street­Map ID
node 278475566
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
294613
Wiki­data ID
Q2915658
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Urdu—“Kafr Bara” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “كفر برا‎”
  • Arabic: “كفر برا”
  • Arabic: “کفر برا”
  • Czech: “Kafar Bara”
  • Czech: “Kafr Bara”
  • Czech: “Kfar Bara”
  • Dutch: “Kafr Bara”
  • French: “Kafr Bara”
  • Hebrew: “Kafr Barā”
  • Hebrew: “כפר ברא”
  • Hebrew: “כַּפְר בַּרָא”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Kafr Bara”
  • Persian: “کفر برا”
  • Polish: “Kafr Bara”
  • Russian: “Кафр-Бара”
  • Scots: “Kafr Bara”
  • Urdu: “کفر برا”

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