Safed

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).

Safed צְפַת‬‎ صفد‎
Ebreu transcription(s)
• ISO 259	Çpat
• Transleet.	Tz'fat
• An aa spelled	Tsfat, Tzefat, Zfat, Ẕefat (offeecial)
Safed
Coordinates: 32°57′57″N 35°29′54″E / 32.96583°N 35.49833°E / 32.96583; 35.49833 35°29′54″E / 32.96583°N 35.49833°E / 32.96583; 35.49833
Destrict	Northren
Foondit	Canaanite age
Govrenment
• Teep	Ceety
• Mayor	Ilan Shohat
Elevation	900 m (3,000 ft)
Population  (2015)[1]
• Total	33,358

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]