Kaukab Abu al-Hija

Kaukab Abu al-Hija, often simply Kaukab, is an Arab Muslim village and local council in the of , in the . It is located on Road 784, between Shefa-'Amr and , and north of .
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Photo: אלמוג, Public domain.
  • Type: Village with 3,590 residents
  • Description: human settlement in Israel
  • Also known as: “Kaukab”, “Kaukab Abu el Hija”, “Kaukab Abū el Hīja”, “Kawkab”, “Kawkab Abu-al-Hij”, and “Kokhva”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Mount Atzmon and Har Shekhanya.

Peak
is the modern Israeli name of a mountain in the of , identified by some with the ancient . Its Arabic name is Jebel Didiba or Jebel Didbeh.

Peak
Photo: Almog, Public domain.
is a peak.

School building
Photo: Hanay, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a school building, which is situated 3 km north of Kaukab Abu al-Hija.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Koranit and Moreshet.

Village
Photo: יעקב, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a community settlement in northern . Located in the Galilee on Mount Shekhanya, it falls under the jurisdiction of . In 2024 it had a population of 906.

Village
is a community settlement in northern whose members adhere to a religious Jewish identity. Located in the between and Shefa-'Amr, it falls under the jurisdiction of .

Village
Photo: Almog, Public domain.
is a community settlement in northern . It is named after a priest family from the Bible. Located in the Galilee between and Shefar'am, it falls under the jurisdiction of . In 2024 it had a population of 710.

Kaukab Abu al-Hija

Latitude
32.83092° or 32° 49′ 51″ north
Longitude
35.24948° or 35° 14′ 58″ east
Population
3,590
Elevation
408 metres (1,339 feet)
Open location code
8G4QR6JX+9Q
Open­Street­Map ID
node 275957492
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
294571
Wiki­data ID
Q2604424
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Swedish—“Kaukab Abu al-Hija” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “كوكب أبو الهيجا‎”
  • Arabic: “كوكب أبو الهيجاء”
  • Arabic: “كوكب”
  • Cebuano: “Kaukab Abū el Hījā”
  • Czech: “Kaokab Abu al-Hija”
  • Czech: “Kaukab Abú al-Hídžá”
  • Czech: “Kaukab Abu al-Hija”
  • Dutch: “Kaukab Abu al-Hija”
  • French: “Kaukab Abu Al Hija”
  • Hebrew: “Kaukab Abū el Hījā”
  • Hebrew: “Kawkab Abū el Hījā”
  • Hebrew: “כאוכב אבו אל-היג’א”
  • Hebrew: “כאוכב אבו אל-היג׳א”
  • Hebrew: “כאוכב אבו-אל-היג’א”
  • Hebrew: “כאוכב אל היג’א”
  • Hebrew: “כאוכב”
  • Hebrew: “כַּוּכַּבּ אַבּוּ אל-הִיגַ‘א”
  • Hebrew: “כוכב אנו אל היג’א”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Kaukab Abu al-Hija”
  • Persian: “کوکب ابو الهیجاء”
  • Polish: “Kaokab Abu al-Hija”
  • Polish: “Kaukab Abu al-Hidża”
  • Russian: “Kawkab Abu-Al-Hij, Hazafon, Israel”
  • Russian: “Каукаб-абу-аль-Хиджа”
  • Scots: “Kaukab Abu al-Hija”
  • Swedish: “Kaukab Abū el Hījā”

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