Yehiam

Yehiam is a kibbutz in northern . Located at the western , eight miles east of the coastal town of and 14 miles south-east of the with it falls under the jurisdiction of Mateh Asher Regional Council.
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  • Type: Village with 729 residents
  • Description: kibbutz in North-western Israel
  • Also known as: “Yechi’am”, “Yechiam”, “Yehi’am”, and “Yeẖi‘am”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Yehi’am Fortress and Yehiam Fortress National Park.

Castle
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Khirbat Jiddin, known in the Kingdom of Jerusalem as Judin, was an Ottoman fortress in the western , originally built by the Teutonic Order after 1220 as a crusader castle, 16 km northeast of the city of Acre, which at the time was the capital of the Kingdom of Jerusalem.

Protected area
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Yehi'am Fortress National Park is an Israeli national park in western on the grounds of Kibbutz Yehi'am, whose main attractions are the ruins of a hilltop castle in Jiddin.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ga’aton and Ein Ya’akov.

Village
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Ga'aton is a kibbutz in northern . Located in the western Galilee, it falls under the jurisdiction of Mateh Asher Regional Council. In 2023 it had a population of 740.

Village
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Ein Ya'akov is a moshav in northern . Located near , it falls under the jurisdiction of Ma'ale Yosef Regional Council. In 2023 it had a population of 1,257.

Village
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is an ecological community settlement in northern . Located in the Western Galilee, southeast of between and , it falls under the jurisdiction of Mateh Asher Regional Council. In 2023 it had a population of 931.

Yehiam

Latitude
32.99672° or 32° 59′ 48″ north
Longitude
35.22045° or 35° 13′ 14″ east
Population
729
Elevation
368 metres (1,207 feet)
Open location code
8G4QX6WC+M5
Open­Street­Map ID
node 278472470
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
293209
Wiki­data ID
Q2889861
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Turkish—“Yehiam” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “يحيعام”
  • Czech: “Jechi’am”
  • Czech: “Jechiam”
  • Czech: “Yehi’am”
  • Czech: “Yehiam”
  • French: “Yehiam”
  • Hebrew: “יחיעם”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Yehiam”
  • Polish: “Jechi’am”
  • Polish: “Jechiam”
  • Polish: “Yehiam”
  • Turkish: “Teffen”

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