Sasa
Sasa or Sassa is a kibbutz in the Upper Galilee area of northern Israel. Located one mile from the border with Lebanon, it falls under the jurisdiction of Upper Galilee Regional Council. In 2024 it had a population of 432.- Email: mazkirut@sasa.org.il
- Type: Village with 412 residents
- Description: kibbutz in the Galilee, Israel
- Also known as: “Kibbutz Sasa”, “Saassaa”, and “Sasa, Israel”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Pa’ar Cave and Mount Meron.
Mount Meron
Peak
Mount Meron, also known as Mount Jarmaq or Jebel Jarmaq, is a mountain in the Upper Galilee region of Israel. It has special significance in Jewish religious tradition and parts of it have been declared a nature reserve. Mount Meron is situated 3½ km southeast of Sasa.
Mount Adir
Peak
Mount Adir is a mountain in the Upper Galilee, Israel, located within the area of the Mount Meron Nature Reserve, near the settlements of Sasa, Mattat, and Hurfeish.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Tziv’on and Dovev.
Tziv’on
Hamlet
Tziv'on is a kibbutz in northern Israel. Located near Safed and the Lebanese border, it falls under the jurisdiction of Upper Galilee Regional Council. In 2024 it had a population of 450.
Dovev
Village
Dovev is a moshav in northern Israel. Located in the Upper Galilee around 7 km north of Har Meron near Israel's border with Lebanon, it falls under the jurisdiction of Merom HaGalil Regional Council. As of 2024 it had a population of 515. Dovev is situated 3 km north of Sasa.
Mattat
Village
Mattat is a small village in northern Israel. Located near the Lebanese Border between the cities of Ma'alot-Tarshiha and Safed, it falls under the jurisdiction of Ma'ale Yosef Regional Council. In 2024 it had a population of 232. Mattat is situated 3½ km northwest of Sasa.
Sasa
- Categories: kibbutz and locality
- Location: Northern District, Israel, Middle East, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
33.02691° or 33° 1′ 37″ north
Longitude
35.39499° or 35° 23′ 42″ east
Population
412
Elevation
870 metres (2,854 feet)
Inception
1949
United Nations Location Code
IL SAS
Open location code
8G5Q29GV+QX
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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Satellite Map
Discover Sasa from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Arabic to Urdu—“Sasa” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “ساسا (إسرائيل)”
- Arabic: “ساسا”
- Czech: “Sasa”
- Dutch: “Sasa”
- French: “Kibboutz Ssas”
- French: “Sa’sa‘”
- French: “Sa`sa`”
- French: “Sasa”
- German: “Sasa”
- Hebrew: “סאסא”
- Japanese: “ササ”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Sasa i Israel”
- Persian: “ساسا (کیبوتص اسرائیلی)”
- Persian: “ساسا”
- Polish: “Sasa”
- Russian: “Саса”
- Slovenian: “Sasa”
- Turkish: “Sasa”
- Urdu: “ساسا، اسرائیل”
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