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Northern District

Menahemia

Menahemia is a village in the Jordan Valley in north-eastern . Located near Highway 90 between and Tzemah Junction 5 km south of Tzemah, it falls under the jurisdiction of Valley of Springs Regional Council.
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  • Type: Village with 1,030 residents
  • Description: human settlement in Israel
  • Also known as: “Beka‘”, “Bukaa”, “Melhamia”, “Menahamiya”, “Menaḥamiya”, “Menahemiya”, “Menahemya”, “Menahemyah”, “Milhamiah”, “Milhamiye”, and “Milhamiyyah”

Places of Interest

Highlights include El `Ubeidiya and Al Baqoura.

Ruins
Photo: Davidbena, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Ubeidiya, some 3 km south of the , in the Jordan Rift Valley, , is an archaeological site of the early Pleistocene, c. 1.5 million years ago, preserving traces of one of the earliest migrations of Homo erectus out of Africa, with only the site of in being older.

Railway station
Photo: AVRAMGR, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Naharayim, historically the Jisr Majami area, is the area where the Yarmouk River flows into the . It was the site of the "First Jordan Hydro-Electric Power House", constructed between 1927–33, and located near an ancient Roman bridge known as Jisr Majami. is situated 3½ km southeast of Menahemia.

Historic building
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is a historic building, which is situated 3½ km north of Menahemia.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Afikim and Ashdot Ya’akov Ihud.

Village
is an Israeli kibbutz affiliated with the Kibbutz Movement located in the Jordan Valley three kilometers from the . It is within the jurisdiction of the Emek HaYarden Regional Council. In 2023 it had a population of 1,105.

Village
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Ashdot Ya'akov Ihud is a kibbutz in northern . Located to the south of the near the border and covering 4,200 dunams, it falls under the jurisdiction of Emek HaYarden Regional Council. In 2023 it had a population of 962. is situated 2½ km southeast of Menahemia.

Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Ashdot Ya'akov Meuhad is a kibbutz in northern . Located to the south of the near the border and covering 4,300 dunams, it falls under the jurisdiction of Emek HaYarden Regional Council. In 2023 it had a population of 903. is situated 2½ km east of Menahemia.

Menahemia

Latitude
32.66844° or 32° 40′ 6″ north
Longitude
35.5555° or 35° 33′ 20″ east
Population
1,030
Elevation
-200 metres (-656 feet)
Open location code
8G4QMH94+95
Open­Street­Map ID
way 642217398
Open­Street­Map feature
landuse=­residential
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
294273
Wiki­data ID
Q2917281
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Turkish—“Menahemia” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “مناحميا”
  • Czech: “Menachamija”
  • Czech: “Menachemia”
  • Czech: “Menachemija”
  • Czech: “Menachemja”
  • Czech: “Menahemia”
  • Dutch: “Menahemia”
  • French: “Menahamia”
  • French: “Ménahamia”
  • French: “Menahamiya”
  • Hebrew: “Menaẖemya”
  • Hebrew: “מלחמיה”
  • Hebrew: “מנחמיה”
  • Hebrew: “מְנַחֶמְיָה”
  • Irish: “Menahemia”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Menahemia”
  • Polish: “Menachemia”
  • Polish: “Menachemja”
  • Russian: “Менахемия”
  • Turkish: “Menahemia”

Localities in the Area

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