Tuffah

Tuffah is one of four quarters of the Old City of Gaza in the , located in the northeast, and is divided into eastern and western halves.
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  • Type: Locality
  • Description: neighborhood in Gaza, Gaza Governorate, Palestine
  • Also known as: “At Tuffah” and “At Tuffāḩ”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Al-Ahli Arabi Baptist Hospital and Gaza War Cemetery.

Hospital
Al-Ahli Arab Baptist Hospital, usually called the Baptist Hospital for short, is a hospital in the . Its headquarters are located in the Zeitoun neighborhood in the south of , , and it is managed by the Episcopal Church in Jerusalem.

Cemetery
Photo: Riyaah, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The is a administered by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission on the Salah al-Din Road in Tuffah, Gaza City, Palestine. Before the Gaza war, the cemetery's maintenance was managed by the Hamas government in Gaza in coordination with the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

Museum
Photo: Ramez Habboub, CC BY-SA 4.0.
, also known as Pasha's Palace Museum, Radwan Castle, and Napoleon's Fort, was a historic building in the Old City of , . At the time of its destruction, it housed a museum.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Jabalia and Tel al-Hawa.

Town
Photo: ISM Palestine, CC BY-SA 2.0.
, also spelled Jabalya, is a city in the , , located 4 kilometers north of , in the of the .

Suburb
Photo: ISM Palestine, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a neighborhood in the southern part of the Palestinian city of . Incorporated by the Palestinian National Authority in the late 1990s, is one of the more affluent areas of the city. is situated 4 km west of Tuffah.

Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 2.5.
is a kibbutz in southern . Located in the northwestern part of the desert close to the border with the and near the development towns of and , it is under the jurisdiction of Sha'ar HaNegev Regional Council. is situated 5 km southeast of Tuffah.

Tuffah

Latitude
31.51338° or 31° 30′ 48″ north
Longitude
34.47514° or 34° 28′ 31″ east
Elevation
34 metres (112 feet)
Open location code
8G3PGF7G+93
Geo­Names ID
8042019
Wiki­data ID
Q4703298
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Urdu—“Tuffah” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “التفاح (حي)”
  • Arabic: “التفاح”
  • Arabic: “حي التفاح، غزة”
  • Dutch: “Al-Tuffah”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “حى التفاح”
  • French: “Al-Tuffah”
  • French: “Tuffah”
  • Hebrew: “א-תופאח”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Tuffah”
  • Norwegian: “Tuffah”
  • Persian: “ال-توفاه”
  • Persian: “تفاح”
  • Portuguese: “Tuffah”
  • Spanish: “Tuffah”
  • Urdu: “تفاح، غزہ”

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