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 2023 it had a population of 431.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- 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.
Pa’ar Cave
Cave
Photo: Ranbar, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Pa'ar Cave is a karstic sinkhole in the Upper Galilee, Israel.
Mount Meron
Peak
Photo: Lior, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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
Photo: Ranbar, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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 2023 it had a population of 457.
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 2023 it had a population of 489. Dovev is situated 3 km north of Sasa.
Mattat
Village
Photo: Ranbar, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Mattat is a small community settlement 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 2023 it had a population of 227. 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″ northLongitude
35.39499° or 35° 23′ 42″ eastPopulation
412Elevation
870 metres (2,854 feet)Inception
1949United Nations Location Code
IL SASOpen location code
8G5Q29GV+QXOpenStreetMap ID
node 278473081OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
293637Wikidata ID
Q2916550
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Turkish—“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”
- Polish: “Sasa”
- Russian: “Саса”
- Slovenian: “Sasa”
- Turkish: “Sasa”
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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 “Sasa”. Photo: Danielzimm1, CC BY-SA 3.0.