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Hurfeish
Sign in to saveHurfeish (; ; 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
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
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
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
via Wikidata · CC0
Article
10 sectionsContents
- History
- Ottoman Empire
- British Mandate
- Israel
- Demographics
- Landmarks
- See also
- References
- Bibliography
- External links
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.