Middle East
Israel
Haifa District

Jisr az-Zarqa

Jisr az-Zarqa is an Israeli Arab town on 's northern Mediterranean coastal plain. Located just north of within the , it achieved local council status in 1963.
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Wikipedia
  • Type: Village with 14,200 residents
  • Description: local council in Israel
  • Also known as: “Gesher Zarka”, “Jisr”, “Jisr az Zarqa”, “Jisr ez Zarqa”, and “Jisr Zarqa”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Tel Tanninim and Kebara Cave.

Archaeological site
, in Arabic Tell al-Milāt, is an ancient tell on the shore of the Mediterranean, near the mouth of Nahal Tanninim, in the vicinity of the modern Arab town of Jisr az-Zarka, .

Cave
is a limestone locality in Wadi Kebara, , situated at 60 to 65 m above sea level on the western escarpment of the , in the preserve of Zichron Yaakov. is situated 3 km northeast of Jisr az-Zarqa.

Peak
is a small mound situated on the southern bank of Nahal Taninim in . The tel does not exceed 1 dunam but rises to a height of 15 metres above its surrounding plain.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Beit Hananya and Ma’agan Michael.

Village
Photo: Bukvoed, CC BY 3.0.
Beit Hanania is a moshav in northern . Located close to the south edge of close to , it falls under the jurisdiction of Hof HaCarmel Regional Council. In 2023 it had a population of 846.

Village
Photo: Oyoyoy, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Ma'agan Michael is a kibbutz in northern . Located on the Mediterranean Sea coast between and , it falls under the jurisdiction of Hof HaCarmel Regional Council.

Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 2.5.
Binyamina-Giv'at Ada is a town in the in northern . It is the result of the 2003 merger between the two local councils of Binyamina and Giv'at Ada. is situated 3½ km southeast of Jisr az-Zarqa.

Jisr az-Zarqa

Latitude
32.53756° or 32° 32′ 15″ north
Longitude
34.91322° or 34° 54′ 48″ east
Population
14,200
Elevation
28 metres (92 feet)
Open location code
8G4PGWQ7+27
Open­Street­Map ID
node 278473497
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
294626
Wiki­data ID
Q764601
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Spanish—“Jisr az-Zarqa” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “جسر الزرقاء”
  • Arabic: “جِسْر الزَّرْقَاء”
  • Asturian: “Jisr az-Zarqa”
  • Catalan: “Jisr az-Zarqa”
  • Chuvash: “Джиср-эз-Зарка”
  • Czech: “Džisr az-Zarka”
  • Czech: “Džisr az-Zarká”
  • Dutch: “Jisr az-Zarqa”
  • Dutch: “Jizr az-Zarqa”
  • French: “Jasar A Zarka”
  • German: “Dschisr az-Zarqa”
  • Hebrew: “Jisr ez Zarqā”
  • Hebrew: “ג’סר א זרקא”
  • Hebrew: “ג׳סר א זרקא”
  • Hebrew: “ג’סר א-זרקא”
  • Hebrew: “גִ‘סְּר א-זַּרְקָא”
  • Hebrew: “ג׳סר א־זרקא”
  • Hebrew: “ג’סר”
  • Italian: “Jisr az-Zarqa”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Jisr az-Zarqa”
  • Persian: “جسر الزرقاء (اسرائیل)”
  • Persian: “جسر الزرقاء”
  • Polish: “Dżisr a-Zarka”
  • Polish: “Dżisr az-Zarka”
  • Russian: “Джиср-аз-Зарка”
  • Russian: “Джиср-эз-Зарка”
  • Scots: “Jisr az-Zarqa”
  • Spanish: “Jisr az-Zarqa”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". 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 “Jisr az-Zarqa”. Photo: Bienchido, CC BY-SA 3.0.