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Safad (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 32 58 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 32.9667 decimal degrees |
| Long: 035 30 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 35.5000 decimal degrees |
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Note: One of the four holy cities of Palestine and a center of Jewish history and mysticism. Site of important Crusader castle in the 12th century. Damaged by earthquake in 1769. Jews were forced to leave on by the Arabs in 1929, but returned in 1948 with the declaration of the State of Israel. |
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| Ẕefat (preferred,C,V)
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| Tsefat (C,V,display,LC,Hebrew (transliterated)-P,U,N)
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| Safad (C,V,English-P,U,N)
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| Safed (C,V,English)
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| Sfat (C,V,Hebrew (transliterated),U,N)
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| Zefat (C,V,Hebrew (transliterated),U,N)
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| צפת (C,U,Hebrew )
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| Tzefiya (H,V,Ancient Hebrew (transliterated),U,A)
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Asia (continent) (P) |
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Northern (national district) (P) |
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Safad (inhabited place) (P) |
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| inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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founded ca. 70 BCE |
| town (C) |
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