Sataf

Sataf صطاف
Village
Remains of Sataf village
Etymology: from a personal name
A series of historical maps of the area around Sataf (click the buttons)
Sataf Location within Mandatory Palestine
Coordinates: 31°46′9″N 35°7′38″E
Palestine grid	162/130
Geopolitical entity	Mandatory Palestine
Subdistrict	Jerusalem
Date of depopulation	July 13–14, 1948
Area
• Total	3,775 dunams (3.775 km2; 1.458 sq mi)
Population  (1945)
• Total	540
Cause(s) of depopulation	Military assault by Yishuv forces

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Sataf (Arabic: صطاف, Hebrew: סטף) was a Palestinian village in the Jerusalem Subdistrict depopulated during the 1948 Arab–Israeli War. It was located 10 km west of Jerusalem, with Sorek Valley (Arabic: Wadi as-Sarar) bordering to the east.

Two springs, Ein Sataf and Ein Bikura flow from the site into the riverbed below.

A monastery located across the valley from Sataf, i.e. south of Wadi as-Sarar, known by local Arabs as Ein el-Habis (the "Spring of the Hermitage"), is officially called Monastery of Saint John in the Wilderness.

Today it is a tourist site showcasing ancient agricultural techniques used in the Jerusalem Mountains.