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Taffuh
Sign in to saveTaffuh () (lit. fragrance) is a Palestinian town located eight kilometers west of Hebron.The town is in the Hebron Governorate in the southern West Bank. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the town had a population of 15,800 in 2017.
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Place details
- Locality
- تفوح
- Region
- West Bank
- Country
- الأراضي الفلسطينية
- Population
- 9,480
- Timezone
- Asia/Hebron
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Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Taffuh
- Settlement.translit_lang1
- Arabic
- Settlement.translit_lang1_type
- Arabic
- Settlement.translit_lang1_info
- تفّوح
- Settlement.type
- Municipality type B
- Settlement.image_skyline
- مدخل_قرية_تفوح_-_مدينة_الخليل.JPG
- Settlement.image_caption
- Taffuh, in 2017
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Palestine
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location of Taffuh within Palestine
- Settlement.grid_name
- Palestine grid
- Settlement.grid_position
- 154/105
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- State
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- State of Palestine
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Governorate
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Hebron
- Settlement.established_title
- Founded
- Settlement.government_type
- Municipality
- Settlement.unit_pref
- dunam
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- village
- Official name
- تفُّوح
- Country
- Palestine
- Located in
- Hebron Governorate
- Population
- 1282
- Elevation
- 2635
- Image
- مدخل قرية تفوح - مدينة الخليل.JPG
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Encyclopedic overview
11 sectionsContents
- History
- Biblical connection
- Archaeology
- Ottoman period
- British Mandate
- 1948-1967
- 1967-present
- Demography
- Footnotes
- Bibliography
- External links
Taffuh () (lit. fragrance) is a Palestinian town located eight kilometers west of Hebron.The town is in the Hebron Governorate in the southern West Bank. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the town had a population of 15,800 in 2017.
==History== ===Biblical connection=== The city of Beth-tappuah, literally House of Apple [tree], cited in the Book of Joshua (), is often located in the hill country of the Tribe of Judah, 5 km west northwest of Hebron. Some experts, but not all, identify it with the archaeological site standing not far from the modern Palestinian village.
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