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Saffārīn

Saffarin is a Palestinian village in the western West Bank, in the Tulkarm Governorate of the State of Palestine, located 11 kilometers South-east of Tulkarm.

Saffārīn
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The place

Saffarin is a Palestinian village in the western West Bank, in the Tulkarm Governorate of the State of Palestine, located 11 kilometers South-east of Tulkarm. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, Saffarin had a population of about 1,037 inhabitants in mid-year 2006 and 754 by 2017. 9.8% of the population of Saffarin were refugees in 1997. The healthcare facilities for Saffarin are designated as MOH level 2.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

Worth seeing in and around Saffārīn

One place 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.

  1. 01
    Khirbet Samara

    Khirbet Samara is an archaeological site located in the West Bank. It lies near the Israeli settlement of Einav, 9 km east of Taibe.

    2 km · archaeological site in the West Bank · Wikipedia

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Getting to Saffārīn

Airports
Ben Gurion (TLV), 35 km · Marka International (Amman Civil) (ADJ), 89 km · Queen Alia (AMM), 103 km
  • Amman → Saffārīn
    86 km · quickest by road, 3h 32m · JD6–8
  • Beirut → Saffārīn
    185 km · quickest by road, 5h 58m · $30–41
  • El Arish → Saffārīn
    177 km · quickest by road, 5h 10m · E£405–540
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Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Saffārīn

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 Saffārīn. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

The nearest places where the work is done
  1. 01
    Petra and Wadi MusaJO

    12 ways of moving, 17 sources

    218 km
  2. 02
    Wadi RumJO

    8 ways of moving, 23 sources

    300 km
  3. 03
    DahabEG

    8 ways of moving, 29 sources

    423 km
  4. 04
    KastellorizoGR

    8 ways of moving, 27 sources

    667 km
  5. 05
    NaxosGR

    12 ways of moving, 17 sources

    1,030 km

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Around it

Next door to Saffārīn

Saffārīn is 37 km from Tel Aviv, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.