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Safed

Safed (/ˈsɑːfɛd/ SAH-fed; Arabic: صَفَد, romanized: Ṣafad), also known as Tzfat and officially as Zefat (Hebrew: צְפַת, romanized: Ṣəp̄aṯ), is a city in the Northern District of Israel. Located at an elevation of up to 937 m (3,074 ft), Safed is the highest city in the Galilee and in Israel. In 2022, 93.2% of the population was Jewish and 6.8% was…

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Founded
1500 BCE
Country
Israel
District
Northern
Elevation
850 m (2,790 ft)
Sub-district
Safed
• Also spelled
Tsfat, Tzefat, Zfat, Sfat, (official) Zefat · Safad

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  • CBS Israel Central Bureau of Statistics
  • Jewish Jew
  • Arab Israeli Arab

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Safed

Nodes327
Edges326
Triples249
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.006116
Components1

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related to Mamluk period · 37
Safed → Acre, After, Ahmar, Baybars, Baybars's, By, Cairo, Crusader, Crusaders, Din Kandaghani, Egypt, Emir Ala, From, Galilee, He, In, Initially, Jami, Jenin, Jordan River
related to 1948 war · 21
Safed → According, Arab, Arab Liberation Army, Arabs, British, Each, Even, Haganah, In, In February, January, Jewish, Jewish Quarter, Jews, Martin Gilbert, Muslim Arabs, Muslims, On, On April, Palmach
related to Artists' colony · 18
Safed → An, Arab, Beit Castel, Frenkel Frenel Museum, Glitzenstein Art Museum, In, Israel's, Israeli, Mane Katz, Menachem Shemi, Moshe Castel, Moshe Castel's, Rolly Schaffer, Shimshon Holzman, There, Today, Yitzhak Frenkel, Yosl Bergner
related to Education · 18
Safed → According, Bar-Ilan University, CBS, For, Hadassah Hospital, Haredi Judaism, Higher Education, In October, Israel's, Israel's Council, It, Medicine, Safed's, The, The Azrieli Faculty, The Zefat Academic College, There, Upper Galilee
related to State of Israel · 18
Safed → Arab, Arabs, Ethiopian Beta Israel, Hezbollah, In, In July, Israeli Jews, Jewish, Katyusha, Ma'alot, Many, On July, Over, Russian Jewish, Shmuel Eliyahu, Southern Lebanon, The, Zefat Academic College
related to Historic sites · 17
Safed → Abuhav, Alsheich, Ashkenazi, Before, British, Crusader, Currently, Hebrew HaMetzuda, Its, Karo, Mamluk, Old City, On, Rabbi Isaac Luria, Safed's Jewish, Sephardi, The Citadel Hill
related to External links · 12
Safed → Archived, B' Nefesh Community Guide, City Council, Hebrew, IAA, Map, PEF Map, Tourist Information CenterNefesh, TzfatSurvey, Wayback Machinezefat, Western Palestine, Wikimedia
related to Mandatory Palestine · 12
Safed → According, Arabs, British Mandate, Christians, During, Hebron, In, Jewish, Jews, Muslims, Palestine, Safad Subdistrict
related to Demographics · 11
Safed → According, Akbara, Arab, Arab Muslims, CBS, Halihal, Haredi Jews, In, Jewish, Safed's, The
related to Twin towns – sister cities · 11
Safed → Budapest, BulgariaPalm Beach County, Castile, Erzsébetváros, Florida, FranceNikopol, HungaryGuarda, La Mancha, PortugalLille, Spain, United StatesToledo

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jewish city population jews galilee muslim arab safed's century town quarter center palestine city's community acre mamluk governor muslims 000

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
SafedCountryIsrael1.00infobox
SafedDistrictNorthern1.00infobox
SafedElevation850 m (2,790 ft)1.00infobox
SafedFounded1500 BCE1.00infobox
SafedSub-districtSafed1.00infobox
SafedWebsitewww.zefat.muni.il1.00infobox
Safed• Also spelledTsfat, Tzefat, Zfat, Sfat, (official) Zefat1.00infobox
Safed• Also spelledSafad1.00infobox
Safed• Arabs2.1%1.00infobox
Safed• ISO 233Ṣafad1.00infobox
Safed• ISO 259-3Çpat1.00infobox
Safed• Jews and others97.9%1.00infobox
Safed• MayorYossi Kakon1.00infobox
Safed• Modern IsraeliTz'fat1.00infobox
Safed• ScholarlyṢəp̄aṯ1.00infobox
Safed• Total38,6871.00infobox
Safedis ahighest city in the Galilee and in Israel0.90text
Safedis amajor subject in Israeli art0.90text

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