Manara
Manara is a kibbutz in northern Israel. Located in the Naftali Mountains of the Upper Galilee, near the Lebanese border and the city of Kiryat Shmona, it falls under the jurisdiction of Upper Galilee Regional Council. In 2023 it had a population of 311.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Beivushtang, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Village with 244 residents
- Description: kibbutz in Etzba Hagalil, Israel
- Also known as: “Al Manara”, “Manara, Israel”, “Mannarah”, “Menara”, “Ramim”, and “Rammim”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Har Shanan and El Khalisa.
El Khalisa
Ruins
Photo: Ram.eisenberg, CC BY 3.0.
Al-Khalisa was a Palestinian Arab village situated on a low hill on the northwestern edge of the Hula Valley of over 1,800 located 28 kilometers north of Safad. It was depopulated in the 1948 Palestine war.
Hunin Fortress
Archaeological site
Hunin Fortress is an archaeological site, which is situated 3 km north of Manara.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Margaliyyot and Galilee Panhandle.
Margaliyyot
Village
Photo: Chaver83, Public domain.
Margaliot is a moshav in northern Israel. Located on the Naftali Mountains of the Upper Galilee, near the Lebanese border and the city of Kiryat Shmona, it falls under the jurisdiction of Mevo'ot HaHermon Regional Council. In 2023 it had a population of 457.
Galilee Panhandle
Photo: ויקיג’אנקי, CC BY 2.5.
The Galilee Panhandle is the northernmost part of Israel, a narrow strip of land running north-south.
Kiryat Shmona
Town
Photo: Alesso, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Kiryat Shmona is a city in the Northern District of Israel on the western slopes of the Hula Valley near the Lebanese border. In 2023 it had a population of 24,254. Located near the Israel–Lebanon border, Kiryat Shmona is Israel's northernmost city. Kiryat Shmona is situated 3 km northeast of Manara.
Manara
- Categories: kibbutz and locality
- Location: Northern District, Israel, Middle East, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
33.19594° or 33° 11′ 45″ northLongitude
35.54461° or 35° 32′ 41″ eastPopulation
244Elevation
860 metres (2,822 feet)Inception
1943Open location code
8G5Q5GWV+9ROpenStreetMap ID
node 278474109OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Turkish—“Manara” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “مانارا”
- Czech: “Manara”
- Dutch: “Manara”
- Egyptian Arabic: “مانارا”
- French: “Manara”
- German: “Manara”
- Hebrew: “מנרה”
- Hebrew: “קיבוץ מנרה”
- Hebrew: “רמים”
- Irish: “Manara”
- Japanese: “マナラ”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Manara i Israel”
- Polish: “Manara”
- Polish: “Menara”
- Portuguese: “Manara”
- Russian: “Менара (кибуц)”
- Russian: “Менара”
- Spanish: “Manara”
- Turkish: “Manara”
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Highlights include UNP 8-32A and Sahlavim Manara Nature Reserve.
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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 “Manara”. Photo: Beivushtang, CC BY-SA 3.0.