Majdal Yaba

Majdal Yaba was a Palestinian Arab village in the Ramle Subdistrict, 18.5 kilometres northeast of and 4 kilometres east of . A walled Jewish settlement name Migdal Aphek stood at the same site as early as the second century BCE, and it was later destroyed by the Romans during the First Jewish–Roman War in 67 CE.
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  • Type: Abandoned locality
  • Description: village in Ramle, Mandatory Palestine
  • Also known as: “Antipatris”, “Majdal as Sadiq”, “Majdal Sadiq”, “Majdal-Sadek”, “Migdal Afeq”, “Migdal Tsedek”, “Migdal Tsedeq”, “Migdal Tzedek”, “Migdal Yafo”, “Migdal Zedek”, “Mint of Antipatris”, “Mirabel”, “قرية مجدل الصادق”, “قرية مجدل يابا”, and “مجدل الصادق”

Places of Interest

Highlights: Migdal Afeq (Mirabel Fortress) Ruins and Antipatroos fortress;Tel Afek.

Ruins
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Migdal Afek, also Migdal Tsedek, is a national park on the southeastern edge of , .

Ruins
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Antipatris was a city built during the first century… is situated 3 km northwest of Majdal Yaba.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Einat and Rosh HaAyin.

Village
Photo: Avi1111, Public domain.
is a kibbutz in central .

Town
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is a city in the of Israel.

Village
Photo: Avi1111, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a kibbutz in central . is situated 2½ km south of Majdal Yaba.

Majdal Yaba

Latitude
32.08333° or 32° 5′ north
Longitude
34.95° or 34° 57′ east
Elevation
58 metres (190 feet)
Open location code
8G4P3WMX+8X
Geo­Names ID
294213
Wiki­data ID
Q15243925
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Urdu—“Majdal Yaba” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “مجدل يابا”
  • Catalan: “Majdal Yaba”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “مجدل يابا”
  • French: “Majdal Yaba”
  • Hebrew: “מג’דל יאבא”
  • Indonesian: “Majdal Yaba”
  • Persian: “مجدل یابا”
  • Polish: “Madżdal Jaba”
  • Urdu: “مجدل یابا”

Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Kfar Sirkin and Mazor Atiqa.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: H̱orbat Migdal Afeq and Gan Le’ummi Migdal Afeq.

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