Safin Village

The oldest and most populous settlement remaining from Kish's past is Safin, which is located at the far northwest edge of the island. Its buildings and alleys still retain the atmosphere of the past, and this neighborhood covers 17 hectares and extends to the sea to the north. In the dictionary, “Safin” means a wood splitter, a split, and the wood placed in the notch of a beam, and related meanings such as carved and polished, safina, and ultimately ship. In the past, workshops of masters and builders of various boats were operating in this part of the island.