Nahef
Sign in to saveNahf (, Naḥf or Nahef; ) is an Arab town in the Northern District of Israel. It is located in between the lower and upper Galilee, about east of Acre. In it had a population of . Archaeologists believe that the area was an important center for viticulture in the Hellenistic period and possibly the Early Bronze Age IB period (ca. 3100 BC).
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Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Nahf
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Local council
- Settlement.translit_lang1
- Hebrew
- Settlement.translit_lang1_type1
- ISO 259
- Settlement.translit_lang1_info1
- Náḥep
- Settlement.translit_lang1_type3
- Also spelled
- Settlement.image_skyline
- File:129413 the town is nestled at the foot of the zurim escar PikiWiki Israel.jpg
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Israel northwest
- Settlement.pushpin_mapsize
- 250
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- top
- Settlement.grid_position
- 179/260 PAL
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- village
- Country
- Mandatory Palestine
- Located in
- Acre Subdistrict
- Population
- +1800
- Area
- +6.077
- Elevation
- +350
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
- Official website
- www.nahef.muni.il
- Image
- נחף2.JPG
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Article
10 sectionsContents
- History
- Ottoman Empire
- British Mandate
- Israel
- Demographics
- Notable structures
- See also
- References
- Bibliography
- External links
Nahf (, Naḥf or Nahef; ) is an Arab town in the Northern District of Israel. It is located in between the lower and upper Galilee, about east of Acre. In it had a population of . Archaeologists believe that the area was an important center for viticulture in the Hellenistic period and possibly the Early Bronze Age IB period (ca. 3100 BC).
==History== Remains have been found from Early Bronze IB, EB II, Middle Bronze Age II and Iron Age II, as well as coins from the Ptolemaic dynasty and Antiochus III. Tombs from the 2nd to the 4th centuries have been found. Nahf contains Persian, Hellenistic and Roman remains.