Barfilya
Barfiliya was a Palestinian village located 10.5 kilometres east of Ramla that was depopulated during the 1948 Arab–Israeli War. Located on a tell, excavations conducted there by Israeli archaeologists beginning in 1995 found artifacts dating back to the Pre-Pottery Neolithic A period.
McKaby, Public domain.- Peak rising to 239 metres (784 feet)
- …is also known as “Barfiliya”
- Description: village in Ramle, Mandatory Palestine
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Barfilya
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Latitude
31.9094° or 31° 54′ 34″ north
Longitude
34.9894° or 34° 59′ 22″ east
Open location code
8G3PWX5Q+QP
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Ancient Greek to Urdu—“Barfilya” goes by many names.
- Ancient Greek (to 1453): “Πορφυρεών”
- Arabic: “برفيلية”
- Hebrew: “ברפיליה”
- Hebrew: “גבעת ברפיליה”
- Indonesian: “Barfiliya”
- Latin: “Porphylia”
- Persian: “برفیلیه”
- Polish: “Barfilija”
- Spanish: “Barfiliya”
- Urdu: “برفیلیہ”
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