Wādī Qāqūn

Wādī Qāqūn is a wadi in , . Wādī Qāqūn is situated nearby to the village , as well as near the locality .

Places of Interest

Highlights include El-Jai cave and Shaar Binyamin.

Cave
is a sizable karstic cave located in a cliff within the northern , in the modern-day . The served as a refuge cave for Jewish rebels during the late phase of the Bar Kokhba Revolt, around 135 CE.

Police station
Photo: Atefrat, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Sha'ar Binyamin is an Israeli light industrial park in the occupied , built in 1998 over land expropriated from the Palestinian villages of and . is situated 3½ km west of Wādī Qāqūn.

Ruins
Photo: SuperJew, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a ruins, which is situated 3½ km south of Wādī Qāqūn.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ma’ale Mikhmas and Mitzpe Dani.

Village
Photo: Shuki, Public domain.
Ma'ale Mikhmas is an Israeli settlement in the Binyamin region of the northern . Located a few miles northeast of , it falls under the municipal jurisdiction of and according to Palestinians the .

Village
Photo: Dvirraz, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is an Israeli outpost in the . Located near , it falls under the jurisdiction of the .

Village
Photo: יעקב, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a Palestinian in the , located northeast of , in the center of the . According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the town had a population of 1,363 in 2017.

Wādī Qāqūn

Latitude
31.86667° or 31° 52′ north
Longitude
35.3° or 35° 18′ east
Elevation
501 metres (1,644 feet)
Open location code
8G3QV882+M2
Geo­Names ID
282446
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Satellite Map

Discover Wādī Qāqūn from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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