Ma’ayan Harod
Ma'ayan Harod or Ain Jalut is an all-year spring in the Harod Valley on the northwest corner of Mount Gilboa, that was the location of the 13th-century Battle of Ain Jalut.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Almog, Public domain.
- Type: Spring
- Description: spring on the southern border of the Jezreel Valley
- Also known as: “‘Ain Jālûd”, “‘ayn Jālūt”, “‘En H̱arod”, “Ain Jalut”, “Ma`ayan Harod”, “Spring of Goliath”, and “Well of Harod”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Tel Jezreel and Nuris.
Tel Jezreel
Peak
Tel Jezreel is an archaeological site in the eastern Jezreel Valley in northern Israel. The ancient city of Jezreel served as a main fortress of the Northern Kingdom of Israel under king Ahab in the 9th century BCE. Tel Jezreel is situated 3 km west of Ma’ayan Harod.
Nuris
Ruins
Nuris was a Palestinian Arab village in the District of Jenin. In 1945, Nuris had 570 inhabitants. It was depopulated during the 1948 War on 29 May 1948 under Operation Gideon. The Israeli moshav of Nurit was built on Nuris' village land in 1950.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Gidona and Nurit.
Gidona
Village
Photo: Matanya, Public domain.
Gidona or Gid'onah is a community settlement in northern Israel. Located near Ein Harod, it falls under the jurisdiction of Gilboa Regional Council. In 2023 it had a population of 514.
Nurit
Village
Nurit is a community settlement in northern Israel. Located on Mount Gilboa, it falls under the jurisdiction of Gilboa Regional Council.
Kfar Yehezkel
Village
Photo: Iliakriv, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Kfar Yehezkel is a moshav in northern Israel. Located in the Jezreel Valley, six kilometres southeast of Afula, it falls under the jurisdiction of Gilboa Regional Council. In 2023 the moshav had a population of 1,181.
Ma’ayan Harod
- Categories: national park and body of water
- Location: Northern District, Israel, Middle East, Asia
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Urdu—“Ma’ayan Harod” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “عين جالوت”
- Arabic: “معين هارود”
- Armenian: “Մաայան Հարոդ”
- Cebuano: “Ma‘ayan H̱arod”
- Czech: “Ma’ajan Charod”
- Czech: “Ma’ayan Harod”
- Czech: “Maajan Charod”
- Czech: “Maayan Harod”
- Dutch: “Well of Harod”
- Esperanto: “Fonto de Goljato”
- French: “Maayan Harod”
- German: “ʿAin Dschālūt”
- Hebrew: “En H̱arod”
- Hebrew: “Ma‘ayan H̱arod”
- Hebrew: “בית חנקין”
- Hebrew: “מעיין חרוד”
- Hebrew: “מעין חרוד”
- Hebrew: “עין חרוד”
- Indonesian: “Sumur Harod”
- Italian: “ʿAyn Jālūt”
- Japanese: “マアヤン・ハロデ”
- Mongolian: “Айн Жалут”
- Persian: “عین جالوت”
- Polish: “Park Narodowy Ma’ajan Charod”
- Polish: “Park Narodowy Majan Charod”
- Russian: “Мааян-Харод”
- Russian: “Национальный парк Источник Харод”
- Slovenian: “Goljatov izvir”
- Spanish: “Ma’ayan Harod”
- Swedish: “Ma‘ayan H̱arod”
- Ukrainian: “Ма’аян-Харод”
- Urdu: “عین جالوت”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Kibbutz Geva and Gan Ner.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Me‘arat Gid‘on and Gan Le’ummi ‘En H̱arod.
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