Gilgal
Gilgal, also known as Galgala or Galgalatokai of the 12 Stones, is the name of one or more places in the Hebrew Bible. Gilgal is mentioned 39 times, in particular in the Book of Joshua, as the place where the Israelites camped after crossing the Jordan River.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village
- Description: biblical site
- Also known as: “Gibeath Haaraloth”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Gilgal and Netiv HaGdud.
Gilgal
Village
Gilgal is an Israeli settlement organized as a kibbutz in the West Bank. Located in the Jordan Valley around 16 kilometres north of Jericho with an area of 1,400 dunams, it falls under the jurisdiction of Bik'at HaYarden Regional Council.
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.
Tomer
Village
Photo: Omer bern, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Tomer is an Israeli settlement organized as a moshav in the West Bank. Located in the Jordan Valley next to the Palestinian village of Fasayil, it falls under the jurisdiction of Bik'at HaYarden Regional Council.
Gilgal
- Categories: human settlement, biblical place, and locality
- Location: West Bank, Palestine, Middle East, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
31.99973° or 31° 59′ 59″ northLongitude
35.44521° or 35° 26′ 43″ eastElevation
-239 metres (-784 feet)Open location code
8G3QXCXW+V3OpenStreetMap ID
node 635067602OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Urdu—“Gilgal” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Gilgal”
- Arabic: “الجلجال”
- Arabic: “جلجال”
- Catalan: “Gilgal”
- Catalan: “Guilgal d’Efraïm”
- Chinese: “基比亚哈拉罗”
- Chinese: “基比亞哈拉羅”
- Dutch: “Gilgal”
- Egyptian Arabic: “الجلجال”
- French: “Gilgal”
- French: “Guilgal”
- German: “Gilgal”
- Greek: “Γάλγαλα”
- Hebrew: “גילגל”
- Hebrew: “גלגל”
- Indonesian: “Gilgal”
- Italian: “Galgala”
- Italian: “Gàlgala”
- Japanese: “ギルガル”
- Korean: “길갈”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Gilgal”
- Norwegian: “Gilgal”
- Polish: “Gilgal”
- Portuguese: “Gilgal”
- Russian: “Галгал”
- Spanish: “Guilgal”
- Thai: “กิลกาล”
- Ukrainian: “Галгал”
- Urdu: “گلگال”
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Localities in the Area
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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 “Gilgal”. Photo: Rgrobman, CC BY-SA 4.0.