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Ilaniya

Ilaniya is a moshav in northern . Also known as Sejera, after the adjacent Arab village al-Shajara, it was the first Jewish settlement in the and played an important role in the Jewish settlement of the Galilee from its early years until the 1948 Arab–Israeli War.
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  • Type: Village with 488 residents
  • Description: human settlement in Israel
  • Also known as: “‘Ilaniya”, “Ash Shajara”, “Esh Shajara”, “Esh Shejara”, “Ilaniyah”, “Ilānyā”, “Sajara”, “Sajarah”, “Sedshera”, “Sejara”, “Sejērā”, “Shajara”, and “Shezera”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Lubya and Golani Museum.

Ruins
Photo: Hanay, CC BY-SA 3.0.
, sometimes referred to as Lubia, Lubieh and Loubieh, was a Palestinian Arab town located ten kilometers west of that was captured, ethnically cleansed, and destroyed by during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War where its residents were forcefully evacuated and became refugees.

Museum
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Archaeological site
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, lit. "Merchant's Caravanserai", also called Suq al-Khan, was a caravanserai in the , , opposite the entrance to , now in ruins. is situated 4 km south of Ilaniya.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Sde Ilan and Tur’an.

Village
Photo: Almog, Public domain.
is a religious moshav in northern . Located to the west of , it falls under the jurisdiction of Lower Galilee Regional Council. In 2023 it had a population of 744.

Village
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Tur'an is an Arab local council in the of . It is located at the foot of Mount Tur'an and the Tur'an Valley, near the main road from to , and about 17 kilometres north of . is situated 3½ km northwest of Ilaniya.

Village
Photo: Asafsagi, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Giv'at Avni is a community settlement in northern . Located adjacent to the and , it falls under the jurisdiction of Lower Galilee Regional Council. In 2023 it had a population of 2,137. is situated 3½ km northeast of Ilaniya.

Ilaniya

Latitude
32.7551° or 32° 45′ 18″ north
Longitude
35.40563° or 35° 24′ 20″ east
Population
488
Elevation
223 metres (732 feet)
Open location code
8G4QQC44+26
Open­Street­Map ID
way 82162815
Open­Street­Map feature
landuse=­residential
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
294657
Wiki­data ID
Q2916589
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Turkish—“Ilaniya” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “إيلانيا”
  • Bulgarian: “Иланийя”
  • Cebuano: “Ilaniyya”
  • Czech: “Ilania”
  • Czech: “Ilanija”
  • Czech: “Ilaniya”
  • Czech: “Sedžera”
  • Czech: “Sejera”
  • French: “Ilania”
  • French: “Sejera”
  • Hebrew: “אילניה”
  • Hebrew: “סג’רה”
  • Irish: “Ilaniya”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Ilaniya”
  • Polish: “Ilanija”
  • Polish: “Ilanijja”
  • Polish: “Ilaniya”
  • Russian: “Илания”
  • Swedish: “Ilaniyya”
  • Turkish: “Ilaniya”

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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 “Ilaniya”. Photo: Ravit, Public domain.