Kawkaba
Kawkaba, known to the Crusaders as Coquebel, was a Palestinian Arab village that was occupied by Israel during Operation Yoav during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War, and depopulated.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Abandoned locality
- Description: depopulated village in Gaza, Palestine
- Also known as: “Kawkabah”
Places of Interest
Highlights include yeshivat ner zerach and Egypt army memorials in Israel.
yeshivat ner zerach
University
Photo: Black lemon, CC BY-SA 4.0.
yeshivat ner zerach is an university, which is situated 3½ km east of Kawkaba.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kokhav Michael and Sde Yoav.
Kokhav Michael
Village
Kokhav Michael is a moshav in southern Israel. Located between Kiryat Gat and Ashkelon, it falls under the jurisdiction of Hof Ashkelon Regional Council. In 2023 it had a population of 1,101.
Sde Yoav
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Sde Yoav is a kibbutz in southcentral Israel. Located between the cities of Kiryat Gat, Kiryat Malakhi and Ashkelon, it falls under the jurisdiction of Yoav Regional Council. In 2023 it had a population of 639.
Noga
Village
Photo: Meronim, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Noga is a moshav in south-central Israel. Located in Hevel Lakhish between Ashkelon and Kiryat Gat, it falls under the jurisdiction of Lakhish Regional Council. In 2023 it had a population of 739. Noga is situated 3 km east of Kawkaba.
Kawkaba
- Categories: district, depopulated Palestinian village, human settlement, village, and former settlement
- Location: Southern District, Israel, Middle East, Asia
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Urdu—“Kawkaba” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “كوكبا”
- French: “Kawkaba”
- Hebrew: “כוכבא”
- Indonesian: “Kawkaba”
- Italian: “Kawkaba (Libano)”
- Polish: “Kaukaba”
- Polish: “Kawkaba”
- Urdu: “کوکیا”
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Localities in the Area
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About Mapcarta. 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 “Kawkaba”. Photo: Bienchido, CC BY-SA 3.0.