Salfit Governorate
Salfit Governorate is one of the 16 Governorates of the State of Palestine. It is located in the northwestern West Bank, held under Israeli occupation, bordered by the governorates of Ramallah and al-Bireh to the south, Nablus to the east and Qalqilya in the north as well as, Israel to the west.
- Type: governorate of the State of Palestine with 70,700 residents
- Description: governorate of the State of Palestine
- Also known as: “Gobernacion de Salfit”, “llywodraethiaeth Salfit”, “Muḥāfaẓat Salfīt”, “Nafat Salfīt”, “Rhanbarth Salfit”, and “Salfeet”
Places of Interest
Highlights: Elmatan.
Elmatan
Residential area
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Biddya and Qarawat Bani Hassan.
Salfit Governorate
- Location: West Bank, Palestine, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
32.1182° or 32° 7′ 6″ north
Longitude
35.0903° or 35° 5′ 25″ east
Population
70,700
Elevation
375 metres (1,230 feet)
Open location code
8G4Q439R+74
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Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Salfit Governorate” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “محافظة سلفيت”
- Aragonese: “Gubernación de Salfit”
- Asturian: “Gobernación de Salfit”
- Basque: “Salfitko Gobernazioa”
- Bengali: “সালফিত গভর্নোরেট”
- Catalan: “Governació de Salfit”
- Central Kurdish: “پارێزگای سەلفیت”
- Chinese: “萨尔费特省”
- Czech: “Salfít”
- Danish: “Salfit Governorate”
- Dutch: “Salfit”
- Egyptian Arabic: “محافظة سلفيت”
- Finnish: “Salfitin kuvernoraatti”
- French: “gouvernorat de Salfit”
- French: “Gouvernorat de Salfit”
- German: “Gouvernement Salfit”
- Greek: “Κυβερνείο Σαλφίτ”
- Gujarati: “સેલ્ફિટ ગવર્નોરેટ”
- Hebrew: “סלפית”
- Hindi: “सलफ़ीत प्रांत”
- Hungarian: “Szalfít kormányzóság”
- Indonesian: “Kegubernuran Salfit”
- Italian: “Governatorato di Salfit”
- Japanese: “サルフィート”
- Japanese: “サルフィート県”
- Kannada: “ಸಫೀಟ್ ಗವರ್ನೇಟ್”
- Korean: “살피트주”
- Latvian: “Selfītas muhāfaza”
- Lithuanian: “Salfito muchafaza”
- Malay: “Kawasan Pentadbiran Salfit”
- Marathi: “सलटेट गव्हनर्टेट”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Salfit Governorate”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Salfit guvernement”
- Persian: “استان سلفیت”
- Polish: “Gubernatorstwo Salfit”
- Polish: “Salfit”
- Portuguese: “Província de Salfit”
- Portuguese: “Salfit”
- Romanian: “Guvernoratul Salfit”
- Russian: “Сальфит”
- Scots: “Salfit Govrenorate”
- Sinhala: “සල්ෆිට් පළාත”
- Slovenian: “Guvernat Salfit”
- Spanish: “Gobernación de Salfit”
- Swedish: “Salfit Governorate”
- Tamil: “சாலபிட் கோவெர்னோரே”
- Telugu: “సాల్ఫిట్ గవర్నరేట్”
- Thai: “ฟรอเรียนา”
- Turkish: “Salfint Yönetimi”
- Turkish: “Salfit valiliği”
- Ukrainian: “Муніципалітет Салфіт”
- Urdu: “محافظہ سلفیت”
- Vietnamese: “Tỉnh Salfit”
- Welsh: “Llywodraethiaeth Salfit”
- Western Panjabi: “ضلع سلفیت”
Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Netafim and Qarāwat Banī Ḩasan.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Qaşr Dhi’āb and Mughr al Malik Birdhawn.
West Bank: Must-Visit Destinations
Worth a closer look: Bethlehem and Ramallah.
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