Ein Rafa
Ein Rafa is an Arab village ten kilometers west of Jerusalem in Israel. Located on the other side of Route 1 to Abu Ghosh, it falls under the jurisdiction of Mateh Yehuda Regional Council. In 2024 it had a population of 1,417.- Type: Village with 1,250 residents
- Description: human settlement in Israel
- Also known as: “‘Ein Rafa”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Ein Hemed and Ein Limor.
Ein Hemed
Protected area
Ein Hemed is a national park and nature reserve in Israel, in the hills seven kilometres west of modern Jerusalem and some 12 kilometres west of the Old City.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Jerusalem Hills and Ein Naqquba.
Jerusalem Hills
The Jerusalem hills is a mountainous region in central Israel which includes the western part of Jerusalem.Ein Naqquba
Village
Ein Naqquba is an Arab village in central Israel. Located west of Jerusalem, it falls under the jurisdiction of Mateh Yehuda Regional Council. In 2024 it had a population of 3,849.
Tzova
Village
Tzova also Palmach Tzova or Tzuba, is a kibbutz in central Israel. Located in the Judean Hills, on the western outskirts of Jerusalem, it falls under the jurisdiction of Mateh Yehuda Regional Council. In 2024 it had a population of 583.
Ein Rafa
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Jerusalem District, Israel, Middle East, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
31.79017° or 31° 47′ 25″ north
Longitude
35.11627° or 35° 6′ 59″ east
Population
1,250
Elevation
596 metres (1,955 feet)
Open location code
8G3QQ4R8+3G
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Urdu—“Ein Rafa” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “عين رافا”
- Arabic: “عين رافة”
- Czech: “Ajn Rafa”
- Czech: “Ein Rafa”
- Czech: “Ejn Rafa”
- Dutch: “Ein Rafa”
- Egyptian Arabic: “عين رافه”
- French: “Ein Rafa”
- Hebrew: “‘Ein Rāfa”
- Hebrew: “עין ראפה”
- Hebrew: “עין רפה”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Ein Rafa”
- Persian: “عین رافا”
- Polish: “Ajn Rafa”
- Polish: “Ein Rafa”
- Turkish: “Ein Rafa”
- Urdu: “عین رافا”
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