Ras al-Far’a

Ras al-Far'a is a Palestinian town in the in the Northern area of the , located 5 kilometers South west of . According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the town had a population of over 701 inhabitants in mid-year 2006 and 1,250 by 2017.
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Tirzah.

Ruins
was an ancient town in the highlands northeast of Shechem; it is generally identified with the site of Tell el-Far'ah, northeast of the modern city of , , in the immediate vicinity of the Palestinian village of .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Far’a Camp and Wadi al-Far’a.

Village
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Far'a, Faraa or al-Fari'ah is a Palestinian refugee camp in the foothills of the Jordan Valley in the northwestern . It is located 12 kilometers south of , 2 kilometers south of , 3 kilometers northwest of , and 17 kilometers northeast of .

Village
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Wadi al-Far'a is a Palestinian village in the of the State of Palestine, in the northeastern , located five kilometers southwest of .

Town
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is a city in the northeast of the , , and capital of the . A city of over 30,000 inhabitants, it is situated northeast of , west of the Jordan Valley and is an economic center. is situated 3 km northeast of Ras al-Far’a.

Ras al-Far’a

Latitude
32.3027° or 32° 18′ 10″ north
Longitude
35.34244° or 35° 20′ 33″ east
Population
1,250
Elevation
152 metres (499 feet)
Open location code
8G4Q883R+3X
Open­Street­Map ID
node 8259280607
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
7870666
Wiki­data ID
Q7294679
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Uzbek—“Ras al-Far’a” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “راس الفارعة‎”
  • Arabic: “راس الفارعة”
  • Catalan: “Ras al-Far’a”
  • Cebuano: “Ras al-Far’a”
  • Dutch: “Ras al-Far’a”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “راس الفارعه”
  • French: “Ras al-Far’a”
  • Hebrew: “ראס אל פארעה”
  • Hebrew: “ראס אל-פארעה”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Ras al-Far’a”
  • Uzbek: “Ras al-Faraʼa”

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