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Gesher

Gesher is a kibbutz in the in northeastern . Founded in 1939 by Jewish refugees from , it falls under the jurisdiction of Valley of Springs Regional Council.
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  • Type: Village with 428 residents
  • Description: kibbutz in Israel
  • Also known as: “Gesher Naharayim”, “Gesher, Israel”, “Jisr al Majami‘”, “Jisr al Majami`”, “Jisr el Majāmi‘”, “Mejamia”, “Mejamie”, and “Mujame”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Jisr el-Majami and Al Baqoura.

Ruins
Photo: AVRAMGR, CC BY-SA 3.0.
or Jisr al-Mujamieh is an ancient stone bridge, possibly of Roman origin, over the on the border between and .

Railway station
Photo: AVRAMGR, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Naharayim, historically the Jisr Majami area, is the area where the Yarmouk River flows into the . It was the site of the "First Jordan Hydro-Electric Power House", constructed between 1927–33, and located near an ancient Roman bridge known as Jisr Majami. is situated 2½ km northeast of Gesher.

Archaeological site
Photo: ויקיג’אנקי, Public domain.
, also called Coquet by the Crusaders, also Kochav HaYarden and Kawkab al-Hawa, is a Crusader castle in northern , on a hill on the eastern edge of the Issachar Plateau, on the edge of 20 kilometres south of the . is situated 4 km southwest of Gesher.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Neve Ur and Ashdot Ya’akov Ihud.

Village
Photo: Matanya, Public domain.
is a kibbutz in northern . Located in the on the and to the south of the , it falls under the jurisdiction of Valley of Springs Regional Council. In 2023 it had a population of 447. is situated 3½ km south of Gesher.

Village
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Ashdot Ya'akov Ihud is a kibbutz in northern . Located to the south of the near the border and covering 4,200 dunams, it falls under the jurisdiction of Emek HaYarden Regional Council. In 2023 it had a population of 962. is situated 5 km northeast of Gesher.

Village
Photo: Year2517, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a village in the Jordan Valley in north-eastern . Located near Highway 90 between and Tzemah Junction 5 km south of Tzemah, it falls under the jurisdiction of Valley of Springs Regional Council. is situated 5 km north of Gesher.

Gesher

Latitude
32.62065° or 32° 37′ 14″ north
Longitude
35.55208° or 35° 33′ 8″ east
Population
428
Elevation
-193 metres (-633 feet)
Open location code
8G4QJHC2+7R
Open­Street­Map ID
node 278469681
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
295043
Wiki­data ID
Q955960
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In Other Languages

From Catalan to Turkish—“Gesher” goes by many names.
  • Catalan: “Gesher (quibuts)”
  • Catalan: “Gesher, Israel”
  • Czech: “Gešer”
  • Dutch: “Gesher”
  • French: “Gesher”
  • German: “Gescher”
  • Hebrew: “גשר”
  • Japanese: “ゲシェル”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Gesher kibbutz”
  • Polish: “Geszer”
  • Spanish: “Gesher”
  • Turkish: “Geşer”

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Gesher Cemetery and נהריים בגשר.

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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 “Gesher”. Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.