Nurit
Nurit is a community settlement in northern Israel. Located on Mount Gilboa, it falls under the jurisdiction of Gilboa Regional Council.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Village
- Description: human settlement in Israel
- Also known as: “Nuris”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Ma’ayan Harod National Park and Nuris.
Ma’ayan Harod National Park
Protected area
Photo: Almog, Public domain.
Ma'ayan Harod or Ain Jalut is an all-year spring in the Harod Valley on the northwest corner of Mount Gilboa, that was the location of the 13th-century Battle of Ain Jalut.
Nuris
Ruins
Nuris was a Palestinian Arab village in the District of Jenin. In 1945, Nuris had 570 inhabitants. It was depopulated during the 1948 War on 29 May 1948 under Operation Gideon. The Israeli moshav of Nurit was built on Nuris' village land in 1950.
Tel Jezreel
Peak
Tel Jezreel is an archaeological site in the eastern Jezreel Valley in northern Israel. The ancient city of Jezreel served as a main fortress of theNorthern Kingdom of Israel under king Ahab in the 9th century BCE. Tel Jezreel is situated 3 km northwest of Nurit.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Gidona and Gan Ner.
Gidona
Village
Photo: Matanya, Public domain.
Gidona or Gid'onah is a community settlement in northern Israel. Located near Ein Harod, it falls under the jurisdiction of Gilboa Regional Council. In 2023 it had a population of 514.
Gan Ner
Village
Photo: מיכאלי, CC BY-SA 2.5.
Gan Ner is a community settlement in northern Israel. Located near the Green Line to the south of Afula, it falls under the jurisdiction of Gilboa Regional Council. In 2023, it had a population of 2,728.
Kfar Yehezkel
Village
Photo: Iliakriv, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Kfar Yehezkel is a moshav in northern Israel. Located in the Jezreel Valley, six kilometres southeast of Afula, it falls under the jurisdiction of Gilboa Regional Council. In 2023 the moshav had a population of 1,181. Kfar Yehezkel is situated 2½ km north of Nurit.
Nurit
- Categories: human settlement, moshav, residential area, and locality
- Location: Northern District, Israel, Middle East, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
32.54191° or 32° 32′ 31″ northLongitude
35.35548° or 35° 21′ 20″ eastElevation
128 metres (420 feet)Open location code
8G4QG9R4+Q5OpenStreetMap ID
way 786140348OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=residentialOpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
293997Wikidata ID
Q2910776
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In Other Languages
From Czech to Turkish—“Nurit” goes by many names.
- Czech: “Nurit”
- Dutch: “Nurit”
- French: “Nurit”
- Hebrew: “נורית”
- Irish: “Nurit”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Nurit”
- Polish: “Nurit”
- Russian: “Нурит”
- Turkish: “Nurit”
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