Hittin

Hittin was a Palestinian village located 8 kilometers west of before it was occupied by during the 1948 Arab-Israeli war when most of its original residents became refugees after being ethnically cleansed.
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  • Type: Locality with 1,190 residents
  • Description: historic Palestinian village, the site of the Battle of Hattin in 1187, replaced in 1949–1950 by two Jewish Israeli villages
  • Also known as: “Kefar Hitim”, “Kefar Hittin”, “Kfar Hitim”, and “KfarHittim”

Places of Interest

Highlights: Biq`at Arbel and Mount Arbel.

Valley
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is a valley.

Peak
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is a mountain in the near… is situated 3 km north of Hittin.

Scenic viewpoint
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Mount Nitai, sometimes spelled Nitay, is a mountain… is situated 3 km northwest of Hittin.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kfar Hitim and Mitzpa.

Village
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Kfar Hittim is a moshav shitufi in northern Israel.

Village
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is a moshava in the Lower Galilee Regional Council, .

Village
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is a moshav in northern .

Hittin

Latitude
32.8001° or 32° 48′ 0″ north
Longitude
35.50301° or 35° 30′ 11″ east
Population
1,190
Elevation
44 metres (144 feet)
Open location code
8G4QRG23+26
Geo­Names ID
294532
Wiki­data ID
Q1246960
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Hittin” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “حطين”
  • Azerbaijani: “Hittin”
  • Catalan: “Hattin”
  • Chinese: “希丁”
  • Dutch: “Hittin”
  • Finnish: “Hattin”
  • French: “Hattin”
  • German: “Hittin”
  • Hebrew: “Kefar H̱ittim”
  • Hebrew: “Kfar H̱ittim”
  • Hebrew: “חיטין”
  • Hebrew: “כפר חטים”
  • Italian: “Hittin”
  • Japanese: “ヒッティーン”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Hittin”
  • Norwegian: “Hittin”
  • Persian: “حطین”
  • Polish: “Hittin”
  • Russian: “Хаттин”
  • Russian: “Хиттин”
  • Slovak: “Hattín”
  • Spanish: “Hittin”
  • Turkish: “Hıttin”
  • Urdu: “حطین، طبریا”
  • Western Panjabi: “حطین، طبریا”

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