Salfit

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Salfit, also spelled Salfeet, is a Palestinian city in the central West Bank. Salfit is located at an altitude of 570 meters adjacent to the Israeli settlement of Ariel. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, Salfit had a population of 10,911 in 2017. It has been administered by the Palestinian Authority since the 1995 Interim Agreement on the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, in an area that has been classified as Area B, and has served as the administrative seat of the Salfit Governorate since then. ()

Alternative names: Population: 11 thous.Coordinates: 32°4'58"N, 35°10'52"E

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Salfit – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Timnath-heres, Tomb of Joshua, Ariel University, Samaria.

2.9 miNW
Town, Archaeological site
Timnath-heres
75 min walk • Timnath-heres or Timnath-serah, later Thamna, was the town given by the Israelites to Joshua according to the Hebrew Bible. He requested it and the people gave it to him "at the order of the Lord". He built up the town and lived in it.
2.9 miNW
Archaeological site
Tomb of Joshua
73 min walk • The Tomb of Joshua is, according to tradition, the burial site of the biblical figure Joshua. According to the biblical book bearing his name, Joshua died at the age of 110 and his burial site was in a location of his own inheritance at Timnath-serah, which is in the hill country of the Tribe of Ephraim, north of the mountain of Gaash.
2.1 miNE
Universities and schools
Ariel University
55 min walk • Ariel University, previously a public college known as the Ariel University Center of Samaria, is an Israeli university located in the Israeli settlement of Ariel in the West Bank.
6.2 miNE
Neighbourhood
Samaria
160 min walk • Samaria is the ancient, historic, biblical name used for the central region of the Land of Israel, bordered by Judea to the south and Galilee to the north.
4.7 miS
Locality
Rawabi
121 min walk • Rawabi is the first planned city built for and by Palestinians in the West Bank, and is hailed as a "flagship Palestinian enterprise." Rawabi is located near Birzeit and Ramallah.
5.7 miSW
Locality
Bani Zeid al-Gharbia
145 min walk • Bani Zeid is a Palestinian town in the Ramallah and al-Bireh Governorate in the north-central West Bank, located 27 kilometers northwest of Ramallah, about 45 kilometers northwest of Jerusalem and about 6 kilometers southwest of Salfit.
3.8 miNE
Town
Jamma'in
98 min walk • Jamma'in is a Palestinian town in the northern West Bank located 16 kilometers southwest of Nablus, 6 kilometers northwest of Salfit and 40 kilometers north of Ramallah.
2.9 miNW
Locality
Kifl Haris
73 min walk • Kifl Haris is a Palestinian village in the northern West Bank, located six kilometers west of Salfit and 18 kilometers south of Nablus in the Salfit Governorate, northwest of the Israeli settlement city Ariel.