Middle East
Israel
Northern District

Mi’ilya

Mi'ilya, also called Mi'elya, is an Arab local council in the western Galilee in the of . Its name during the Kingdom of Jerusalem era in Galilee was Castellum Regis.
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  • Type: Village with 2,700 residents
  • Description: Christian local council in Israel
  • Also known as: “Maaliya”, “Me‘elyā”, “Meelya”, “Mi’elya”, “Mi`ilya”, and “Miilya”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Monfort Castle and Tarshiha.

Ruins
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Montfort is a ruined Crusader castle in the region in northern , about 22 miles northeast of the city of and 10 miles south of the border with . is situated 3½ km northwest of Mi’ilya.

Police station
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is a police station.

Synagogue
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Yeshivat Ma'alot Ya'akov is a Hesder Yeshiva, founded in 1975 in the town of following the Ma'alot massacre. The Yeshiva is named after Rabbi Dr. is situated 3 km southeast of Mi’ilya.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Me’ona and Mitzpe Hila.

Village
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Me'ona is a moshav in northern . Located between and , it falls under the jurisdiction of Ma'ale Yosef Regional Council. In 2023 it had a population of 1,077.

Village
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or simply Hila is a community settlement in northern . Located in the western Galilee hills near the Lebanese border, it falls under the jurisdiction of Ma'ale Yosef Regional Council. In 2023 it had a population of 516.

Town
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Ma'alot-Tarshiha is a city in the North District in , about 20 kilometres east of , and about 600 metres above sea level. The city was established in 1963 through a municipal merger of the Arab town of Tarshiha and the Jewish town of Ma'alot, creating a unique type of mixed city.

Mi’ilya

Latitude
33.02806° or 33° 1′ 41″ north
Longitude
35.25833° or 35° 15′ 30″ east
Population
2,700
Elevation
525 metres (1,722 feet)
Open location code
8G5Q27H5+68
Open­Street­Map ID
node 278473510
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
294205
Wiki­data ID
Q2917297
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Turkish—“Mi’ilya” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “كستلم ريجس” (historical)
  • Arabic: “معليا”
  • Arabic: “معيليا”
  • Catalan: “Mi’ilya”
  • Cebuano: “Mi‘ilyā”
  • Czech: “Mi’elya”
  • Czech: “Mi’ilja”
  • Czech: “Mi’ilya”
  • Czech: “Mielya”
  • Czech: “Miilja”
  • Czech: “Miilya”
  • Dutch: “Mi’ilya”
  • Finnish: “Mi’ilya”
  • French: “Mhalia”
  • German: “Miʿilya”
  • Hebrew: “Mi‘ilyā”
  • Hebrew: “Mi’ilyā”
  • Hebrew: “מעיליא”
  • Hebrew: “מעיליה”
  • Hebrew: “מעליא”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Mi’ilya”
  • Polish: “Mi’ilja”
  • Portuguese: “Mi’ilya”
  • Russian: “Миилия”
  • Spanish: “Mi’ilya”
  • Swedish: “Mi‘ilyā”
  • Turkish: “Mi’ilya”

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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 “Mi’ilya”. Photo: Bukvoed, CC BY 3.0.