Na’aran
Na'aran, formerly known as Niran is an Israeli settlement organized as a kibbutz in the West Bank. Located in Area C of the Jordan Valley near Jericho, it falls under the jurisdiction of Bik'at HaYarden Regional Council.- Type: Village with 101 residents
- Description: Israeli kibutz and settlement in occupied West Bank
- Also known as: “Naaran” and “Niran”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Al-Auja and Netiv HaGdud.
Al-Auja
Village
Al-Auja is a Palestinian town in the Jericho Governorate of the State of Palestine, in the eastern West Bank, located ten kilometers north of Jericho. The town has a total area of 107,905 dunams, however its built-up area comprises only 832 dunams.
Netiv HaGdud
Village
Netiv HaGdud is an Israeli settlement organized as a moshav in the West Bank. Located in the Jordan Valley around twenty kilometres north of Jericho, it falls under the jurisdiction of Bik'at HaYarden Regional Council. Netiv HaGdud is situated 2½ km north of Na’aran.
Yitav
Village
Yitav is an Israeli settlement and moshav shitufi in the southern Jordan Valley of the West Bank. Located just north of Jericho and west of the Palestinian village of al-Auja, it falls under the jurisdiction of Bik'at HaYarden Regional Council. Yitav is situated 3½ km southwest of Na’aran.
Na’aran
- Categories: kibbutz, Israeli settlement, and locality
- Location: Quds Governorate, West Bank, Palestine, Middle East, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
31.96692° or 31° 58′ 1″ north
Longitude
35.45494° or 35° 27′ 18″ east
Population
101
Elevation
-167 metres (-548 feet)
Open location code
8G3QXF83+QX
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Turkish—“Na’aran” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “نعران”
- Catalan: “Na’aran”
- Catalan: “Niran”
- Czech: “Niran”
- French: “Naaran”
- French: “Niran”
- Hebrew: “נירן”
- Hebrew: “נערן”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Niran”
- Persian: “نیران، منطقه مسکونی”
- Persian: “نیران”
- Polish: “Niran”
- Russian: “Нааран”
- Russian: “Ниран”
- Spanish: “Naaran”
- Spanish: “Niran”
- Turkish: “Na’aran”
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