Yokneam Illit

Yokneam Illit, also Yoqne'am Illit, is a city in the of . It is located in a hilly region of the at the base of the , and overlooks the .
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  • Type: Town with 22,700 residents
  • Description: city in Israel
  • Also known as: “Jokneam Illit”, “Yokneam”, “Yoqne’am ‘Illit”, “Yoqne’am Illit”, and “Yoqneam Illit”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Tennis center Yokne’am and The Khan (han).

Pitch
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is a pitch.

Archaeological site
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is an archaeological site.

Cave
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Raqefet Cave is a prehistoric archaeological site located on in northern , with Late Natufian remains and evidence of earlier occupation.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Yokneam Moshava and Ein HaEmek.

Village
Photo: Rav, Public domain.
Yokneam is a moshava in the of Israel. Located on the outskirts of the city of Yokneam Illit on the border of the and the , it falls under the jurisdiction of the Megiddo Regional Council and is administrated by a local committee which is elected every five years.

Village
Photo: Zoltan Kluger, Public domain.
is a community settlement in northern . Located near Yokneam, it falls under the jurisdiction of Megiddo Regional Council. In 2024 it had a population of 802.

Village
Photo: Rav, Public domain.
HaZore'a is a kibbutz in northern established in 1936 by German Jews. It is the only kibbutz that was established by members of the Werkleute movement. is situated 2½ km east of Yokneam Illit.

Yokneam Illit

Latitude
32.64806° or 32° 38′ 53″ north
Longitude
35.09436° or 35° 5′ 40″ east
Population
22,700
Elevation
120 metres (394 feet)
Inception
1950
United Nations Location Code
IL YKN
Open location code
8G4QJ3XV+6P
Open­Street­Map ID
node 278477073
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
293153
Wiki­data ID
Q167582
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Yokneam Illit” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “يوكنعام عيليت”
  • Arabic: “يوكنعام”
  • Armenian: “Յոկնեամ Իլիթ”
  • Asturian: “Yokneam Illit”
  • Belarusian: “Ёкнеам-Іліт”
  • Belarusian: “Ёкнэам Іліт”
  • Belarusian: “Ёкнэам”
  • Catalan: “Yokneam Il·lit”
  • Cebuano: “Yoqne‘am ‘Illit”
  • Central Kurdish: “یۆکنێعام عیلیت”
  • Chinese: “上約克內阿姆”
  • Chinese: “上约克内阿姆”
  • Czech: “Jokne’am Ilit”
  • Czech: “Jokne’am”
  • Czech: “Jokneam”
  • Czech: “Yokne’am”
  • Czech: “Yokneam”
  • Dutch: “Jokneam”
  • Dutch: “Yokneam”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “يوكنعام”
  • Esperanto: “Jokneam Ilit”
  • Finnish: “Jokneam Illit”
  • French: “Yokneam”
  • French: “Yoqneam”
  • Georgian: “იოკნეამი”
  • German: “Jokne’am”
  • German: “Jokneam”
  • German: “Yoqne’am”
  • Hebrew: “Yokne‘am ‘Illit”
  • Hebrew: “יוקנעם עילית”
  • Hebrew: “יקנעם עילית”
  • Hebrew: “יָקְנְעָם עילית”
  • Hebrew: “יקנעם עלית”
  • Hindi: “योकनेम इलिट”
  • Hungarian: “Yokneam”
  • Indonesian: “Yokneam”
  • Italian: “Yokneam Illit”
  • Italian: “Yokneam”
  • Italian: “Yoqne’am Illit”
  • Japanese: “ヨクネアム”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Jokneam”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Yokneam lokalstyre”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Yokneam”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Yoqne’am”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Yoqneam”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Yokneam”
  • Norwegian: “Jokneam”
  • Persian: “یقنعم”
  • Polish: “Jokne’am”
  • Polish: “Jokneam”
  • Polish: “Yokneam”
  • Portuguese: “Yokneam”
  • Portuguese: “Yoqneam”
  • Russian: “Йокнеам-Илит”
  • Russian: “Йокнеам”
  • Scots: “Yokneam”
  • Scots: “יָקְנְעָם עילית”
  • Serbian: “Јокнам Илит”
  • Spanish: “Yokneam Illit”
  • Spanish: “Yokneam”
  • Swahili: “Yokneam Illit”
  • Swedish: “Jokneam Illit”
  • Swedish: “Yokneam Illit”
  • Swedish: “Yoqne‘am ‘Illit”
  • Swedish: “Yoqne’am Illit”
  • Tagalog: “Yokneam”
  • Turkish: “Yokneam Illit”
  • Turkish: “Yokneam İllit”
  • Ukrainian: “Йокнеам-Іліт”
  • Urdu: “یوکنعام”
  • Urdu: “یوکنیم”
  • Vietnamese: “Yokneam”

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