Middle East
Israel
Haifa District

Or Akiva

Or Akiva is a city in the of , on the country's . It is located inland from the ancient port city of and the Mediterranean Sea, and to the north of the city of .
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  • Type: Town with 17,800 residents
  • Description: city in Israel
  • Also known as: “Or ‘Aqiba” and “Or ‘Aqīvāh”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Caesarea Golf Club and Bird Mosaic.

Golf course
The was established in January 1961 by the Rothschild family.

Archaeological site
Photo: Bukvoed, CC BY 3.0.
The Birds Mosaic is a Byzantine mosaic floor discovered in , in modern , in a Byzantine palace that was built around 600 AD. It is viewable in situ.

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 2.5.
is a conglomerate of two private art museums under the same name, located in . Both are part of the Ralli Museums international foundation.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Caesarea and Sdot Yam.

Town
Photo: Berthold Werner, Public domain.
, also transliterated as Keisarya or Qaysaria, is an affluent resort town in north-central , which was named after the ancient city of situated 1–2 kilometres to the south in the adjacent National Park.

Village
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is a kibbutz in the of . Located on the shore of the Mediterranean Sea, it falls under the jurisdiction of Hof HaCarmel Regional Council. is situated 3 km southwest of Or Akiva.

Village
Photo: Bukvoed, CC BY 3.0.
Beit Hanania is a moshav in northern . Located close to the south edge of close to , it falls under the jurisdiction of Hof HaCarmel Regional Council. In 2023 it had a population of 846. is situated 3 km north of Or Akiva.

Or Akiva

Latitude
32.50295° or 32° 30′ 11″ north
Longitude
34.92041° or 34° 55′ 14″ east
Population
17,800
Elevation
17 metres (56 feet)
Inception
1951
United Nations Location Code
IL ORA
Open location code
8G4PGW3C+55
Open­Street­Map ID
way 79309903
Open­Street­Map feature
landuse=­residential
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
293969
Wiki­data ID
Q1814658
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yiddish—“Or Akiva” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “أور عقيفا”
  • Armenian: “Օռ Ակիվա”
  • Asturian: “Or Akiva”
  • Azerbaijani: “Or-Akiva”
  • Belarusian: “Ор-Аківа”
  • Catalan: “Or Aqiva”
  • Cebuano: “Or ‘Aqiva”
  • Chinese: “奥尔阿齐瓦”
  • Chinese: “奧爾阿齊瓦”
  • Czech: “Or Akiva”
  • Danish: “Or Akiva”
  • Dutch: “Or Akiva”
  • Dutch: “Or Akiwa”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “اور عقيفا”
  • Esperanto: “Or Akiva”
  • French: “Or Aqiva”
  • Georgian: “ორ აკივა”
  • Georgian: “ორ-აკივა”
  • German: “Or Akiwa”
  • Hebrew: “Or ‘Aqiva”
  • Hebrew: “אור עקיבא”
  • Indonesian: “Or Akiva”
  • Italian: “Or Akiva”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Or Akiva”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Or Aqiva”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Or Akiva”
  • Norwegian: “Or Akiva”
  • Persian: “اور عقیفا”
  • Polish: “Or Akiwa”
  • Polish: “Or Aqiva”
  • Portuguese: “Or Akiva”
  • Portuguese: “Or Aqiva”
  • Romanian: “Or Akiva”
  • Russian: “Ор Акива”
  • Russian: “Ор-Акива”
  • Scots: “Or Akiva”
  • Spanish: “Or Akiva”
  • Spanish: “Or Aqiva”
  • Swahili: “Or Akiva”
  • Swedish: “Or ‘Aqiva”
  • Tagalog: “Or Akiva”
  • Turkish: “Or Akiva”
  • Ukrainian: “Ор-Аківа”
  • Urdu: “اور عکیوا”
  • Vietnamese: “Or Akiva”
  • Yiddish: “אור עקיבא”

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