Saffa

Saffa is a Palestinian town in the , located west of in the northern . According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the town had a population of 4,374 inhabitants in 2017.
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  • Type: Village
  • Description: municipality in Ramallah and al-Bireh Governorate
  • Also known as: “Saffa, Ramallah”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Khirbet Badd Isa and Khirbet Abu ed-Dinein.

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. is situated 2½ km northwest of Saffa.

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. is situated 3 km northwest of Saffa.

Synagogue
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Maarava Machon Rubin is an Orthodox yeshiva high school located in the Israeli settlement of Matityahu, near Modi'in, midway between and . is situated 4 km northwest of Saffa.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kfar Ruth and Beit Sira.

Village
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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.

Village
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is a Palestinian village in the central , located 22 kilometers west of and is a part of the . is situated 2½ km southwest of Saffa.

Village
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, also known as Menora 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 . is situated 2½ km northwest of Saffa.

Saffa

Latitude
31.90656° or 31° 54′ 24″ north
Longitude
35.0593° or 35° 3′ 34″ east
Open location code
8G3QW345+JP
Open­Street­Map ID
node 332787934
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Wiki­data ID
Q7398691
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Polish—“Saffa” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “صفا”
  • Catalan: “Saffa”
  • Dutch: “Saffa, Ramallah”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “صفا”
  • French: “Saffa (Ramallah)”
  • French: “Saffa”
  • Hebrew: “סאפא”
  • Hebrew: “ספא”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Saffa i Ramallah”
  • Polish: “Saffa”

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Saffa Health Center and Saffa Mosque.

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