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 .
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  • Ruins
  • …is also known as “Tantura”
  • Description: place in Haifa, Mandatory Palestine

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include The Mizgaga Museum and Tel Dor.
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Museum
is situated 350 metres north of Al-Tantura.
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Archaeological site
or Tell el-Burj, also Khirbet el-Burj… is situated 1 km north of Al-Tantura.
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Ruins
or Capharleth or Kafr Lam is an Early Muslim coastal fortress of the Roman castrum type. is situated 3½ km northeast of Al-Tantura.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Nahsholim and Dor.
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Village
is a kibbutz and beach resort in northern .
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Village
is a moshav in northern .
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Village
is a moshav shitufi in northern . is situated 3 km northeast of Al-Tantura.

Al-Tantura

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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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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.

Nearby Places

Explore places such as Dor Recreation Village and YAMAS.

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