Kissufim Crossing
Kissufim is a kibbutz in the northwestern Negev desert in Israel. Located adjacent to the Gaza Strip at an altitude of 92 m above sea level, it falls under the jurisdiction of Eshkol Regional Council. In 2023 it had a population of 343.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Border checkpoint
- Description: International border crossing
- Also known as: “Kissufim checkpoint”, “Kissufim crossing”, and “KissufimCrossing”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Kfar Darom.
Kfar Darom
Ruins
Photo: Daniel Ventura, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Kfar Darom was a kibbutz and an Israeli settlement within the Gush Katif bloc in the Gaza Strip. Kfar Darom is situated 3½ km northwest of Kissufim Crossing.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Wadi as-Salqa and Kissufim.
Wadi as-Salqa
Village
Wadi as-Salqa is a Palestinian agricultural town in the Deir al-Balah Governorate, located south of Deir al-Balah. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the municipality had a population of 6,715 in 2017.
Kissufim
Village
Photo: Coolkof, Public domain.
Kissufim is a kibbutz in the northwestern Negev desert in Israel. Located adjacent to the Gaza Strip at an altitude of 92 m above sea level, it falls under the jurisdiction of Eshkol Regional Council. In 2023 it had a population of 343. Kissufim is situated 2½ km east of Kissufim Crossing.
Al-Qarara
Town
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Al-Qarara is a Palestinian town in the Khan Yunis Governorate of the Gaza Strip. It is located just north of Khan Yunis and approximately 24 kilometres south of Gaza City. Al-Qarara is situated 3½ km west of Kissufim Crossing.
Kissufim Crossing
- Category: border crossing
- Location: Southern District, Israel, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
31.37381° or 31° 22′ 26″ northLongitude
34.37325° or 34° 22′ 24″ eastElevation
88 metres (289 feet)Open location code
8G3P99FF+G7OpenStreetMap ID
node 13141629229GeoNames ID
13520125Wikidata ID
Q99618173
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Japanese—“Kissufim Crossing” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “معبر كيسوفيم”
- French: “poste-frontière de Kissufim”
- French: “Poste-frontière de Kissufim”
- Hebrew: “מעבר כיסופים”
- Japanese: “キスフィム検問所”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Kissufim Crossing”. Photo: Bienchido, CC BY-SA 3.0.