Tirzah

Tirzah was an ancient town in the highlands northeast of Shechem; it is generally identified with the site of Tell el-Far'ah, northeast of the modern city of , , in the immediate vicinity of the Palestinian village of .
Wikipedia
  • Type: Ruins
  • Description: ancient Samarian town
  • Also known as: “Tirzah/Hafriah/Tell-Alfar’a Ancient city”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Wadi al-Far’a and Far’a Camp.

Village
Wadi al-Far'a is a Palestinian village in the of the State of Palestine, in the northeastern , located five kilometers southwest of .

Village
Photo: עדירל, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Far'a, Faraa or al-Fari'ah is a Palestinian refugee camp in the foothills of the Jordan Valley in the northwestern . It is located 12 kilometers south of , 2 kilometers south of , 3 kilometers northwest of , and 17 kilometers northeast of .

Village
Ras al-Far'a is a Palestinian town in the in the Northern area of the , located 5 kilometers South west of . According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the town had a population of over 701 inhabitants in mid-year 2006 and 1,250 by 2017.

Tirzah

Latitude
32.28734° or 32° 17′ 14″ north
Longitude
35.33763° or 35° 20′ 16″ east
Open location code
8G4Q78PQ+W3
Open­Street­Map ID
node 4523697413
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­ruins
Wiki­data ID
Q2002121
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Tirzah” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “ترصة/تل الفارعة/ الحفرية”
  • Arabic: “ترصة”
  • Asturian: “Tirzah”
  • Belarusian: “Тырца”
  • Breton: “Tirsa”
  • Bulgarian: “Тирца”
  • Catalan: “Tirsà”
  • Chinese: “得撒”
  • Dutch: “Tirzah”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “ترصة/تل الفارعة/ الحفريه”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “ترصة/تل الفارعة/الحفريه”
  • French: “Tell el Farah”
  • French: “Thirsa”
  • French: “Tirça”
  • French: “Tirtza”
  • French: “Tirzah”
  • German: “Tirza”
  • Hebrew: “תל אל-פארעה”
  • Hebrew: “תל פארעה”
  • Hebrew: “תרצה”
  • Hungarian: “Tirca”
  • Indonesian: “Tirza (kota kuno)”
  • Indonesian: “Tirza”
  • Italian: “Tirza”
  • Japanese: “ティルツァ (古代都市)”
  • Japanese: “ティルツァ(英語版)”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Tirzah”
  • Persian: “تیرزه (شهر باستانی)”
  • Persian: “تیرزه”
  • Polish: “Tirsa”
  • Portuguese: “Tirza”
  • Russian: “Тирца”
  • Russian: “Фирца”
  • Spanish: “Tirsa”
  • Swedish: “Tirsa”
  • Tagalog: “Tirsa”
  • Tagalog: “Tirzah”
  • Ukrainian: “Тірца”
  • Welsh: “Tirsa”

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