Ephrata
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Ephrata is the name of several places in the United States of America, named for Biblical Ephrath
. The modern Israel
i settlement-city of Efrata in the West Bank
occupies a site assumed to be near the ancient one.
Ephrath
Ephrath or Ephratah is the name of a Biblical place.The first mention of Ephrath occurs in Genesis, in reference to where Rachel dies giving birth to Benjamin and is buried on the road from Bethel...
. The modern Israel
Israel
The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...
i settlement-city of Efrata in the West Bank
West Bank
The West Bank ) of the Jordan River is the landlocked geographical eastern part of the Palestinian territories located in Western Asia. To the west, north, and south, the West Bank shares borders with the state of Israel. To the east, across the Jordan River, lies the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan...
occupies a site assumed to be near the ancient one.
Places
- SurinameSurinameSuriname , officially the Republic of Suriname , is a country in northern South America. It borders French Guiana to the east, Guyana to the west, Brazil to the south, and on the north by the Atlantic Ocean. Suriname was a former colony of the British and of the Dutch, and was previously known as...
- Ephrata, SurinameEphrata, SurinameEphrata is a town located within the Commewijne District of northern Suriname. The town is located east of Suriname's capital, Paramaribo, inland from the Atlantic coast....
- Ephrata, Suriname
- United StatesUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
- Ephrata, PennsylvaniaEphrata, PennsylvaniaEphrata is a borough in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States, south east of Harrisburg and about west by north of Philadelphia. It is named after Ephrath, a biblical town in what is now Israel. Ephrata's sister city is Eberbach, Germany, the city where its founders originated. In its...
- Ephrata Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania
- Ephrata, WashingtonEphrata, WashingtonEphrata is a city in Grant County, Washington, United States. The population was 6,808 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Grant County.-History:...
- Ephrata, Pennsylvania