Rafat, Salfit
Rafat is a Palestinian town in the Salfit Governorate of the State of Palestine, in the northern West Bank, 38 kilometers southwest of Nablus.
Rafat is a Palestinian town in the Salfit Governorate of the State of Palestine, in the northern West Bank, 38 kilometers southwest of Nablus. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, it had a population of 2,522 in 2017.
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Worth seeing in and around Rafat, Salfit
3 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Deir Sam'an
Deir Samaan is an archaeological site in the Palestinian town of Kafr ad-Dik, in the Salfit Governorate of the State of Palestine, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank. It consists of a 1,600-year-old ancient Byzantine ruin located on top of a hill.
1.2 km · archaeological site in Salfit Governorate, Palestine · Wikipedia - 02Sanniriya Mosque
Sanniriya Mosque is a mosque located in the center of the village of Sanniriya in the Qalqilya Governorate in the West Bank, Palestine. It is considered one of the archaeological and historical landmarks of the Qalqilya Governorate.
5.7 km · A historic mosque in the Qalqilya Governorate · Wikipedia - 03Khirbat Khudash
Khirbat Khudash is an archaeological site in the West Bank, located within the Israeli settlement of Beit Aryeh-Ofarim, next to the Palestinian village of Al-Lubban al-Gharbi. It comprises small, planned and fortified site dating to the Iron Age IIB, notable for its numerous oil presses.
4.1 km · archaeological site in the West Bank · Wikipedia
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Getting to Rafat, Salfit
- Airports
- Ben Gurion (TLV), 17 km · Marka International (Amman Civil) (ADJ), 90 km · Queen Alia (AMM), 98 km
- Eilat → Rafat, Salfit258 km · quickest by road, 6h 3m · ₪105–140
- Amman → Rafat, Salfit72 km · quickest by road, 2h 21m · JD4–6
- El Arish → Rafat, Salfit156 km · quickest by road, 5h · E£375–495
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No local-transport research exists yet for Rafat, Salfit
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Rafat, Salfit. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get aroundHitchhiking (Tremp) Ariel is long and narrow (it follows the crest of a long mountain ridge), so it could be a long walk from one part to another.
- Go nextHitch a ride, or take Palestinian licence-plated taxi, from Ariel Junction to Nablus.
From Wikivoyage: Ariel, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2025-08.
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Next door to Rafat, Salfit
Rafat, Salfit is 25 km from Tel Aviv, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Beit Aryeh-OfarimIsraeli settlement in the West Bank4.8 km
- Alei ZahavIsraeli settlement in the West Bank1.9 km
- ElkanaIsraeli settlement in the occupied West Bank3.7 km
- BiddyaPalestinian town in Salfit Governorate5 km
- PeduelIsraeli settlement in the West Bank1.8 km
- Al-Lubban al-Gharbivillage council in Ramallah and al-Bireh Governorate4.9 km