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Safed
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Safed (Hebrew: צְפַת, Tzfat; Arabic: صفد, Ṣafad, Ashkenazi: Tzfas; Biblical: Ṣ'fath), is a ceety in the Northren Destrict o Israel. Locatit at an elevation o 900 metres (2,953 ft), Safed is the heichest ceety in the Galilee an o Israel.[2] Due tae its heich elevation, Safed experiences warm simmers an cauld, often snowy, winters.[3] Since the sixteenth century, Safed haes been considered ane o Judaism's Fower Holy Ceeties, alang wi Jerusalem, Hebron an Tiberias;[4] syne that time, the ceety haes remained a centre of Kabbalah (forby kent as Jewish mysticism).
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Safed
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Hebrew transcription(s) | |
• ISO 259 | Çpat |
• Transleet. | Tz'fat |
• Forby spelt | Tsfat, Tzefat, Zfat, Ẕefat (offeecial) |
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Coordinates: 32°57′57″N 35°29′54″E | |
Destrict | Northren |
Foondit | Canaanite age |
Govrenment | |
• Teep | Ceety |
• Mayor | Ilan Shohat |
Elevation | 900 m (3,000 ft) |
Population (2015)[1] | |
• Total | 33,358 |
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Due tae its bonnie settin surroondit bi pine forests an its mild mid-year temperatures, Safed haes become a simmer holiday resort frequentit bi Israelis an foreign visitors alike.[5]