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Taffuh

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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.

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Place details

Locality
تفوح
Region
West Bank
Country
الأراضي الفلسطينية
Population
9,480
Timezone
Asia/Hebron

via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames

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

via Wikipedia infobox

Wikidata facts

Instance of
village
Official name
تفُّوح
Country
Palestine
Population
1282
Elevation
2635
Image
مدخل قرية تفوح - مدينة الخليل.JPG
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Taffuh

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Encyclopedic overview

11 sections
Contents
  • 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.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Taffuh” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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