Middle East
Palestine
West Bank

Kokhav Ya’akov

Kokhav Ya'akov is a religious Israeli settlement organized as a community settlement in the . Located near the Palestinian town of , it is administered by .
Tap on a place
to explore it
kochav-yaakov.org.il
Wikipedia
Photo: יעקב, CC BY-SA 3.0.
  • Type: Village with 6,000 residents
  • Description: Israeli settlement in the West Bank
  • Also known as: “Abir Yaakov”, “Kokhav Ya‘aqov”, “Kokhav Ya’aqov”, and “Kokhav Yaakov”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Yeshivat Hekhal Eliyahu and Jerusalem Airport.

College
Photo: יוסף לברן, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a college.

Aerodrome
Photo: Ehudg, Public domain.
Jerusalem International Airport was a regional airport located in the city of . When it was opened in 1925, it was the first airport in the British Mandate for Palestine. is situated 3 km southwest of Kokhav Ya’akov.

Archaeological site
Photo: דניאל צבי, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Tell en-Nasbeh, likely the biblical city of Mizpah, is a 3.2 hectare tell located on a low plateau 12 kilometers northwest of in the . is situated 3 km west of Kokhav Ya’akov.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Tel Tziyon and The new Migron.

Village
Tel Zion is a Haredi Israeli settlement in the . Located near Kokhav Ya'akov, it falls under the jurisdiction of . In 2023 it had a population of 6,692.

Hamlet
Photo: הא בהא טליה, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a hamlet.

Village
Photo: יעקב, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a town in the , located east of in the northern , . According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the town had a population of 2,047 inhabitants in the 2017 census.

Kokhav Ya’akov

Latitude
31.88143° or 31° 52′ 53″ north
Longitude
35.24529° or 35° 14′ 43″ east
Population
6,000
Elevation
752 metres (2,467 feet)
Open location code
8G3QV6JW+H4
Open­Street­Map ID
node 604522025
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
283046
Wiki­data ID
Q325882
This page is based on OpenStreetMap, GeoNames, Wikidata, Wikimedia Commons, and Wikipedia.
We’d love your help improving our open data sources. Thank you for contributing.

Satellite Map

Discover Kokhav Ya’akov from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
© Stadia Maps, Airbus DS, CNES, PlanetObserver, and Copernicus

In Other Languages

From Arabic to Spanish—“Kokhav Ya’akov” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “كوخاف يعقوب”
  • Arabic: “كوخاف يعكوف”
  • Catalan: “Kochav Yaakov”
  • Czech: “Kochav Ja’akov”
  • Czech: “Kochav Jaakov”
  • Czech: “Kochav Ya’akov”
  • Czech: “Kokhav Ya’akov”
  • Dutch: “Kokhav Ya’akov”
  • French: “Kokhav Ya’akov”
  • Hebrew: “אביר יעקב”
  • Hebrew: “כוכב יעקב”
  • Hebrew: “כּוֹכַב יַעֲקֹב”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Kokhav Ya’akov”
  • Polish: “Kochav Ja’akov”
  • Polish: “Kochaw Ja’akow”
  • Polish: “Kokhav Ja’aqov”
  • Spanish: “Kokhav Ya’akov”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Kokhav Yaakov and Tel Tsiyon.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Heichal Mordechai and Beit Chabad - Or Shmuel.

West Bank: Must-Visit Destinations

Delve into Bethlehem, Ramallah, Hebron, and Jericho.

Curious Places to Discover

Uncover intriguing places from every corner of the globe.
About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Kokhav Ya’akov”. Photo: יעקב, CC BY-SA 3.0.