Kfar Ruth

Kfar Ruth is an Israeli settlement organised as a moshav. It was established in 1977 in an area that had become a no-man's land between and -controlled at the end of the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, before becoming part of the Israeli-occupied territories in the 1967 Six-Day War.
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Modi’in Center and Khirbet Abu ed-Dinein.

Railway station
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Modi'in–Center railway station is an Israel Railways passenger terminal and one of two stations serving Modi'in. It is the terminus of the -Modi'in line, with service to the airport, Tel Aviv, Haifa, and Akko. is situated 3 km west of Kfar Ruth.

Ruins
Khirbet Abu ad-Danin, Horvat Abu a-Danin or Kh. Abu ed-Dinein is an archaeological site located in the central , just south of . The site represents a rural Jewish village from the late Second Temple period, founded in the 2nd century BCE and reaching its peak during the late Hellenistic and early Roman periods.

Ruins
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Khirbet Bad 'Issa or Khirbet Bad-'Issa is an archaeological site located in the central , within . Archaeological evidence suggests that the site was founded in the 3rd century BCE, during the Hellenistic period, as a seasonal agricultural settlement.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Lapid and Kfar HaOranim.

Village
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is an Israeli community settlement. Located in the Latrun salient of the Green Line near , it falls under the jurisdiction of . In 2024 it had a population of 2,001.

Village
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, also known as Menorah or Giv'at Ehud, is an Israeli settlement in the . Contiguous with Lapid and located near to the major city of Modi'in, it is organised as a community settlement and falls under the jurisdiction of .

Village
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is a moshav partially in Israel and partially in the Latrun salient of the Green Line. Located around a kilometre north of Modi'in, it falls under the jurisdiction of .

Kfar Ruth

Latitude
31.91018° or 31° 54′ 37″ north
Longitude
35.03509° or 35° 2′ 6″ east
Population
264
Elevation
294 metres (965 feet)
Open location code
8G3QW26P+32
Open­Street­Map ID
way 93325285
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
8199380
Wiki­data ID
Q2614214
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Turkish—“Kfar Ruth” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Kfar Rut”
  • Czech: “Kefar Rut”
  • Czech: “Kfar Rut”
  • Dutch: “Kfar Ruth”
  • French: “Kfar Ruth”
  • Hebrew: “כפר רות” (historical)
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Kfar Ruth”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Kfar Ruth”
  • Norwegian: “Kfar Ruth”
  • Persian: “کفار روت”
  • Polish: “Kefar Rut”
  • Polish: “Kfar Rut”
  • Russian: “Кфар-Рут”
  • Swedish: “Kfar Rut”
  • Turkish: “Kfar Ruth”

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