Ghajar
Ghajar, also Rhadjar, is an Alawite-Arab village on the Hasbani River, on the border between Lebanon and the Israeli-occupied portion of the Golan Heights.- Type: Village with 2,610 residents
- Description: human settlement
- Also known as: “Al Ghajar”, “El Ghajar”, and “Rhajar”
Places of Interest
Highlights include HaTanur Waterfall and HaTahana Fall.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Yuval and Ma’ayan Baruch.
Yuval
Village
Yuval, also known as Kfar Yuval, is a moshav in northern Israel. Located in the Galilee Panhandle between Metula and the city of Kiryat Shmona, it is at the border with Lebanon and falls under the jurisdiction of Mevo'ot HaHermon Regional Council. Yuval is situated 3½ km southwest of Ghajar.
Ma’ayan Baruch
Village
Ma'ayan Baruch is a kibbutz in northern Israel. Located near the Lebanese border, it falls under the jurisdiction of Upper Galilee Regional Council. In 2024 it had a population of 868. Ma’ayan Baruch is situated 4 km southwest of Ghajar.
Metula
Village
The Galilee Panhandle is the northernmost part of Israel, a narrow strip of land running north-south. Metula is situated 4½ km west of Ghajar.
Ghajar
- Category: locality
- Location: Quneitra Governorate, Syria, Middle East, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
33.27217° or 33° 16′ 20″ north
Longitude
35.62391° or 35° 37′ 26″ east
Population
2,610
Elevation
308 metres (1,010 feet)
Open location code
8G5Q7JCF+VH
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Western Armenian—“Ghajar” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “الغجر”
- Arabic: “غجر”
- Arabic: “غجر”
- Cebuano: “Ghajar”
- Chinese: “蓋傑爾”
- Czech: “Ghadžar”
- Dutch: “Ghajar”
- Esperanto: “Ghaĝar”
- Finnish: “Ghajar”
- French: “Ghajar”
- German: “Ghadschar”
- Greek: “Γατζάρ”
- Hebrew: “אל ע’גיר”
- Hebrew: “ע’ג’ר”
- Hebrew: “ר’ג’ר”
- Hebrew: “רג’ר”
- Indonesian: “Ghajar”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Ghajar”
- Persian: “غجر”
- Polish: “Ghadżar”
- Polish: “Ghajar”
- Portuguese: “Ghajar”
- Russian: “Гаджар”
- Spanish: “Ghajar”
- Swedish: “Ghajar”
- Turkish: “Gajar”
- Western Armenian: “Ղաժար”
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