Nahef

Also known as Nahf

Nahf (, Naḥf or Nahef; ) is an Arab town in the Northern District of Israel. It is located in between the lower and upper Galilee, about east of Acre. In it had a population of . Archaeologists believe that the area was an important center for viticulture in the Hellenistic period and possibly the Early Bronze Age IB period (ca. 3100 BC).

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Place details

Locality: نحف
Region: מחוז הצפון
Country: ישראל
Population: 13,113
Timezone: Asia/Jerusalem

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Key facts

Settlement.name: Nahf
Settlement.settlement_type: Local council
Settlement.translit_lang1: Hebrew
Settlement.translit_lang1_type1: ISO 259
Settlement.translit_lang1_info1: Náḥep
Settlement.translit_lang1_type3: Also spelled
Settlement.image_skyline: File:129413 the town is nestled at the foot of the zurim escar PikiWiki Israel.jpg
Settlement.pushpin_map: Israel northwest
Settlement.pushpin_mapsize: 250
Settlement.pushpin_label_position: top
Settlement.grid_position: 179/260 PAL
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_type2: District
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Northern
Settlement.unit_pref: dunam
Settlement.population_density_km2: auto
Settlement.demographics_type1: Ethnicity
Settlement.demographics1_title1: Arabs

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Wikidata facts

Population: 1800
Area: 6.077
Elevation: 350
Official website: www.nahef.muni.il
Image: נחף2.JPG

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Contents

History
Ottoman Empire
British Mandate
Israel
Demographics
Notable structures
See also
References
Bibliography
External links

==History== Remains have been found from Early Bronze IB, EB II, Middle Bronze Age II and Iron Age II, as well as coins from the Ptolemaic dynasty and Antiochus III. Tombs from the 2nd to the 4th centuries have been found. Nahf contains Persian, Hellenistic and Roman remains.