Tel Tsafit
Tell es-Safi was an Arab Palestinian village, located in the Shephelah region on the southern banks of Wadi 'Ajjur, 35 kilometers northwest of Hebron, which had its Arab population expelled during the 1948 Arab–Israeli war.- Type: Scenic viewpoint
- Description: depopulated Palestinian village
- Also known as: “Blanche Garde”, “Blanchegarde”, “Tall al Safi”, “Tall as Safi”, “Tel Es Safi”, “Tel Zafit”, “Tell es Safi”, “Tell es-Safi”, “תל א-צאפי”, and “テル・ツァフィート”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Gat and Kfar Menahem.
Gat
Locality
Gath or Gat was one of the five cities of the Philistine pentapolis during the Iron Age.
Kfar Menahem
Village
Kfar Menahem is a kibbutz in southern Israel. Kfar Menahem is situated 3½ km north of Tel Tsafit.
Al-Ghazi
Village
Al-'Azi is an Arab village in central Israel. Al-Ghazi is situated 3½ km northwest of Tel Tsafit.
Tel Tsafit
- Categories: village, former settlement, depopulated Palestinian village, human settlement, tourism, peak, archaeological site, and historic site
- Location: Southern District, Israel, Middle East, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
31.70198° or 31° 42′ 7″ north
Longitude
34.8474° or 34° 50′ 51″ east
Elevation
221 metres (725 feet)
Open location code
8G3PPR2W+QX
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_site
OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=viewpoint
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Urdu—“Tel Tsafit” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “تل الصافي”
- Catalan: “Tell es-Safi”
- Cebuano: “Tel Ẕafit”
- Egyptian Arabic: “تل الصافى”
- French: “Tell es-Safi”
- German: “Tel Tsafit”
- German: “Tell es-Safi”
- Hebrew: “תל צפית”
- Hungarian: “Tell es-Safi”
- Indonesian: “Tell es-Safi”
- Japanese: “テル・エス=サフィ”
- Latin: “Saphitha”
- Persian: “تل صافی”
- Polish: “Tall as-Safi”
- Portuguese: “Tel Safi”
- Spanish: “Tell es-Safi”
- Swedish: “Tell es-Safi”
- Urdu: “تل الصافی”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Tel Tsafit National Park and Tzafit power plant.
Nearby Places
Places to explore: מקיף צפית and Kfar Menahem - Harhava.
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