Al-Tantura

Tantura was a Palestinian Arab fishing village located 8 kilometers northwest of on the Mediterranean coast of Mandatory Palestine. Near the village lie the ruins of the ancient Phoenician city of .
Wikipedia
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  • Type: Ruins
  • Description: place in Haifa, Mandatory Palestine
  • Also known as: “Tantura”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include The Mizgaga Museum and Tel Dor.

Museum
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is situated 350 metres north of Al-Tantura.

Archaeological site
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or Tell el-Burj, also Khirbet el-Burj in Arabic, is an archaeological site located on the of the Mediterranean Sea next to modern moshav , about 30 kilometers south of , and 2.5 kilometers west of . is situated 1 km north of Al-Tantura.

Ruins
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or Capharleth or Kafr Lam is an Early Muslim coastal fortress of the Roman castrum type. Today it is located inside Moshav , , on lands of the now abandoned Arab village of . is situated 3½ km northeast of Al-Tantura.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Nahsholim and Dor.

Village
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is a kibbutz and beach resort in northern . Located near , it falls under the jurisdiction of Hof HaCarmel Regional Council. In 2024 it had a population of 717.

Village
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is a moshav in northern . Located near , it falls under the jurisdiction of Hof HaCarmel Regional Council. In 2024 it had a population of 504.

Village
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is a moshav shitufi in northern . Located 5 km south of and 3 km north of Kibbutz , it falls under the jurisdiction of Hof HaCarmel Regional Council. In 2024 it had a population of 465. is situated 3 km northeast of Al-Tantura.

Al-Tantura

Latitude
32.60978° or 32° 36′ 35″ north
Longitude
34.91829° or 34° 55′ 6″ east
Open location code
8G4PJW59+W8
Open­Street­Map ID
node 8745015319
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­ruins
Wiki­data ID
Q2100836
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Urdu—“Al-Tantura” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “الطنطورة”
  • Armenian: “Տանտուրա”
  • Catalan: “Tantura”
  • Dutch: “Al-Tantoera”
  • French: “Al-Tantoura”
  • French: “Tantur”
  • German: “Tantura”
  • Hebrew: “אלטנטורה”
  • Hebrew: “טנטורה”
  • Indonesian: “Tantura”
  • Italian: “Tantura”
  • Japanese: “タントゥーラ”
  • Persian: “طنطوره”
  • Polish: “Tantura”
  • Spanish: “Tantura”
  • Urdu: “الطنطورہ”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Maqam sheikh ‘Abd ar-Rahman al-Mujarmi and בית אל-יחיא.

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