Hurfeish
Hurfeish is a Druze town in the Northern District of Israel. In 2024 it had a population of 6,877. Hurfeish has about 6,410 residents.- Type: Village with 6,410 residents
- Description: Arab-Druze village in northern Israel
- Also known as: “Hoorfish”, “Hourfeich”, “Hurfaysh”, “H̱urfeish”, “Ḥurp̄eiš”, “Hurpish”, “Khoorphish”, “Khourfish”, “Khourphish”, “Khurphish”, and “Khurpish”
Places of Interest
Highlights include 814 Har Zevul.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Elkosh and Mattat.
Elkosh
Village
Elkosh is a moshav in northern Israel. Located near Ma'alot-Tarshiha and the Lebanese border, it falls under the jurisdiction of Ma'ale Yosef Regional Council. In 2024 it had a population of 282. Elkosh is situated 3 km northwest of Hurfeish.
Mattat
Village
Mattat is a small village in northern Israel. Located near the Lebanese Border between the cities of Ma'alot-Tarshiha and Safed, it falls under the jurisdiction of Ma'ale Yosef Regional Council. In 2024 it had a population of 232. Mattat is situated 3 km northeast of Hurfeish.
Tzuriel
Village
Tzuriel is a moshav in northern Israel. Located in the Galilee, it falls under the jurisdiction of Ma'ale Yosef Regional Council. In 2024 it had a population of 530. Tzuriel is situated 3½ km west of Hurfeish.
Hurfeish
- Categories: human settlement, local council in Israel, Arab localities in Israel, and locality
- Location: Northern District, Israel, Middle East, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
33.01737° or 33° 1′ 3″ north
Longitude
35.34696° or 35° 20′ 49″ east
Population
6,410
Elevation
657 metres (2,156 feet)
Open location code
8G5Q288W+WQ
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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Satellite Map
Discover Hurfeish from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Arabic to Turkish—“Hurfeish” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “حرفيش (قرية)”
- Arabic: “حرفيش (قريه)”
- Arabic: “حرفيش”
- Cebuano: “Ḥurfeish”
- Chinese: “胡尔费什”
- Czech: “Churfejš”
- Czech: “Hurfeish”
- Dutch: “Hurfeish”
- Egyptian Arabic: “حرفيش”
- Esperanto: “Ĥurfejŝ”
- Finnish: “Hurfeish”
- French: “Hurfeish”
- Hebrew: “Ḥurfeish”
- Hebrew: “ח’ורפיש”
- Hebrew: “ח’רפיש”
- Hebrew: “חורפייש”
- Hebrew: “חורפיש”
- Hebrew: “חרפיש”
- Indonesian: “Hurfeish”
- Irish: “Hurfeish”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Hurfeish”
- Polish: “Churfeisz”
- Polish: “Hurfeish”
- Russian: “Хурфейш”
- Spanish: “Horfeis”
- Swedish: “Ḥurfeish”
- Turkish: “Hurfeiş”
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