H̱orbat Sufa
H̱orbat Sufa is a ruin in Southern District, Israel. H̱orbat Sufa is situated nearby to the village Hatzerim, as well as near the aerodrome Be’er Sheva Airfield.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Israeli Air Force Museum and Be’er Sheva Airfield.
Israeli Air Force Museum
Museum
Photo: Alexey Goral, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Israeli Air Force Museum is located at Hatzerim Airbase in the Negev desert in Israel. The museum was established in 1977 and has been open to the public since 1991. Israeli Air Force Museum is situated 3 km southwest of H̱orbat Sufa.
Be’er Sheva Airfield
Aerodrome
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.5.
Be'er Sheva Airfield, also known as the Teyman Airfield is an Israeli airfield located near Beersheba. The airfield is mainly used for flight training, general aviation activity, gliding and skydiving operations. Be’er Sheva Airfield is situated 3 km north of H̱orbat Sufa.
Sde Teiman Camp
Military installation
Sde Teiman is an Israeli military base located in the Negev desert near the border with the Gaza Strip. During the Gaza war, its use as a detention camp doubled and gained international attention for its systemic human rights violations against its Palestinian detainees from the strip. Sde Teiman Camp is situated 3 km north of H̱orbat Sufa.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Hatzerim and Kfar Refael.
Hatzerim
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Hatzerim is a kibbutz located 8 kilometers west of Beersheba in the Negev desert in Israel. It is named after the Bible, mentioning a site nearby: "the Avvites who lived in farmyards as far as Gaza".
Kfar Refael
Hamlet
Photo: כפר רפאל, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Kfar Refael is a hamlet, which is situated 3½ km east of H̱orbat Sufa.
Beer Sheva
Be'er Sheva is a desert city of approximately 200,000 inhabitants in southern Israel. It is the eighth-most populous and second largest city in the country and the gateway to the Negev region of Israel.
H̱orbat Sufa
- Type: Ruin
- Also known as: “Horbat Sufa”, “Ḥurva Sufa”, and “Khirba es Sufī”
- Categories: tourist attraction and tourism
- Location: Southern District, Israel, Middle East, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
31.26055° or 31° 15′ 38″ northLongitude
34.71196° or 34° 42′ 43″ eastElevation
206 metres (676 feet)Open location code
8G3P7P66+6QGeoNames ID
294703
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Hebrew—“H̱orbat Sufa” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “خربة الصوفي”
- Hebrew: “H̱orbat Sufa”
- Hebrew: “חרבת סופה”
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