Kaukab Abu al-Hija
Kaukab Abu al-Hija, often simply Kaukab, is an Arab Muslim village and local council in the Northern District of Israel, in the Lower Galilee. It is located on Road 784, between Shefa-'Amr and Karmiel, and north of Kafr Manda.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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.
Mount Atzmon
Peak
Mount Atzmon is the modern Israeli name of a mountain in the Northern District of Israel, identified by some with the ancient Mount Atzmon. Its Arabic name is Jebel Didiba or Jebel Didbeh.
בי’ס על יסודי משגב 1
School building
Photo: Hanay, CC BY-SA 3.0.
בי’ס על יסודי משגב 1 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.
Koranit
Village
Photo: יעקב, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Koranit is a community settlement in northern Israel. Located in the Galilee on Mount Shekhanya, it falls under the jurisdiction of Misgav Regional Council. In 2023 it had a population of 883.
Moreshet
Village
Moreshet is a community settlement in northern Israel whose members adhere to a religious Jewish identity. Located in the Lower Galilee between Karmiel and Shefa-'Amr, it falls under the jurisdiction of Misgav Regional Council.
Shekhanya
Village
Photo: Almog, Public domain.
Shekhanya is a community settlement in northern Israel. It is named after a priest family from the Bible. Located in the Galilee between Karmiel and Shefar'am, it falls under the jurisdiction of Misgav Regional Council. In 2023 it had a population of 727.
Kaukab Abu al-Hija
- Categories: human settlement, residential area, and locality
- Location: Northern District, Israel, Middle East, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
32.83104° or 32° 49′ 52″ northLongitude
35.24915° or 35° 14′ 57″ eastPopulation
3,590Elevation
408 metres (1,339 feet)Open location code
8G4QR6JX+CMOpenStreetMap ID
way 613835109OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=residentialOpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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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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