Tur’an
Tur'an is an Arab local council in the Northern District of Israel. It is located at the foot of Mount Tur'an and the Tur'an Valley, near the main road from Haifa to Tiberias, and about 17 kilometres north of Nazareth.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village with 13,300 residents
- Description: Arab village in northern Israel
- Also known as: “Har Tir‘an”, “Tir‘an”, “Toor’an”, “Tour’an”, “Tu’ran”, “Tur`an”, and “Turan”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Turan and Golani Museum.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Mitzpe Netofa and Bu’eine Nujeidat.
Mitzpe Netofa
Village
Photo: Almog, Public domain.
Mitzpe Netofa is a religious community settlement in northern Israel. Located adjacent to the Arab village Tur'an, it falls under the jurisdiction of the Lower Galilee Regional Council. In 2023 it had a population of 1,000. Mitzpe Netofa is situated 3 km north of Tur’an.
Bu’eine Nujeidat
Village
Photo: אלמוג, Public domain.
Bu'eine Nujeidat is an Arab local council in the Northern District of Israel. Made up of two villages, Bu'eine and Nujeidat, they merged in 1987 and were recognized as one local council in 1996. Bu’eine Nujeidat is situated 3½ km north of Tur’an.
Ilaniya
Village
Photo: Ravit, Public domain.
Ilaniya is a moshav in northern Israel. Also known as Sejera, after the adjacent Arab village al-Shajara, it was the first Jewish settlement in the Lower Galilee and played an important role in the Jewish settlement of the Galilee from its early years until the 1948 Arab–Israeli War. Ilaniya is situated 3½ km southeast of Tur’an.
Tur’an
- Categories: mountain, residential area, and locality
- Location: Northern District, Israel, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
32.77666° or 32° 46′ 36″ northLongitude
35.37499° or 35° 22′ 30″ eastPopulation
13,300Elevation
239 metres (784 feet)Open location code
8G4QQ9GF+MXOpenStreetMap ID
way 612372887OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=residentialOpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Venetian—“Tur’an” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “جبل طرعان”
- Arabic: “طرعان”
- Arabic: “طُرعان”
- Cebuano: “Har Tir‘an”
- Chinese: “圖爾安”
- Czech: “Tur’an”
- Dutch: “Tur’an”
- French: “Touran”
- French: “Turan”
- German: “Tur’an”
- Hebrew: “Tur‘ān”
- Hebrew: “הר טורעאן”
- Hebrew: “הר טורען”
- Hebrew: “טורעאן”
- Hebrew: “טורען”
- Hebrew: “טרעאן”
- Hebrew: “תורען”
- Hebrew: “תרען”
- Hebrew: “תֻּרְעָן”
- Italian: “Tur’an”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Tur’an”
- Persian: “طرعان”
- Polish: “Tur’an”
- Polish: “Turan”
- Russian: “Туран (Израиль)”
- Russian: “Туран”
- Scots: “Tur’an”
- Swedish: “Har Tir‘an”
- Venetian: “Tur’an”
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