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Hurfeish

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Hurfeish

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Also known as Ḥurp̄eiš, Hoorfish, Hurpish, Khourfish, Khurphish, Khoorphish, Khourphish, Khurpish

Hurfeish (; ; lit. "milk thistle" or possibly from "snake" ) is a Druze town in the Northern District of Israel. In it had a population of .

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Place details

Locality: حرفيش
Region: מחוז הצפון
Country: ישראל
Population: 6,410
Timezone: Asia/Jerusalem

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Key facts

Settlement.name: Hurfeish
Settlement.settlement_type: Local council (from 1967)
Settlement.translit_lang1: Hebrew
Settlement.translit_lang1_type1: ISO 259
Settlement.translit_lang1_info1: Ḥurp̄eiš
Settlement.image_skyline: Hurfesh.JPG
Settlement.imagesize: 250px
Settlement.pushpin_map: Israel northwest#Israel
Settlement.pushpin_mapsize: 250
Settlement.pushpin_label_position: bottom
Settlement.grid_name: Grid position
Settlement.grid_position: 182/269 PAL
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_type2: District
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Northern
Settlement.leader_title: Head of Municipality
Settlement.leader_name: Anwar Amer
Settlement.unit_pref: dunam

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Wikidata facts

Official name: חורפיש
Country: Israel
Located in: Acre Subdistrict
Population: 6581
Area: 4.229
Elevation: 814
Time zone: UTC+02:00
Image: Hurfesh.JPG

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Commons category: Hurfesh
native label: חורפיש

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History
Ottoman Empire
British Mandate
Israel
Demographics
Landmarks
See also
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Hurfeish (; ; lit. "milk thistle" or possibly from "snake" ) is a Druze town in the Northern District of Israel. In it had a population of .

==History== The town is situated on an ancient site, where mosaics and Greek inscriptions have been excavated.

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