Tel Tsafit

Tell es-Safi was an Arab Palestinian village, located in the region on the southern banks of Wadi 'Ajjur, 35 kilometers northwest of , 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.

Locality
Gath or was one of the five cities of the Philistine pentapolis during the Iron Age.

Village
is a kibbutz in southern . is situated 3½ km north of Tel Tsafit.

Village
Al-'Azi is an Arab village in central . is situated 3½ km northwest of Tel Tsafit.

Tel Tsafit

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
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historic=­archaeological_site
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­peak
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tourism=­viewpoint
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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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