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Ga’aton

Ga'aton is a kibbutz in northern . Located in the western Galilee, it falls under the jurisdiction of Mateh Asher Regional Council. In 2023 it had a population of 740.
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  • Type: Village with 568 residents
  • Description: Kibbutz at the Western-Galilee
  • Also known as: “Ga‘aton”, “Ga`ton”, and “Gaaton”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Yehi’am Fortress and Yehiam Fortress National Park.

Castle
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Khirbat Jiddin, known in the Kingdom of Jerusalem as Judin, was an Ottoman fortress in the western , originally built by the Teutonic Order after 1220 as a crusader castle, 16 km northeast of the city of Acre, which at the time was the capital of the Kingdom of Jerusalem.

Protected area
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Yehi'am Fortress National Park is an Israeli national park in western on the grounds of , whose main attractions are the ruins of a hilltop castle in Jiddin.

Cave
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is a cave in Western Galilee, , discovered in 2008. It is notable for the discovery of a skull that belongs to a modern human, called Manot 1, which is estimated to be 54,700 years old. is situated 4 km northwest of Ga’aton.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Yehiam and Ein Ya’akov.

Village
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is a kibbutz in northern . Located at the western , eight miles east of the coastal town of and 14 miles south-east of the with it falls under the jurisdiction of Mateh Asher Regional Council.

Village
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Ein Ya'akov is a moshav in northern . Located near , it falls under the jurisdiction of Ma'ale Yosef Regional Council. In 2023 it had a population of 1,257.

Village
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is an ecological community settlement in northern . Located in the Western Galilee, southeast of between and , it falls under the jurisdiction of Mateh Asher Regional Council. In 2023 it had a population of 931. is situated 2½ km southwest of Ga’aton.

Ga’aton

Latitude
33.00615° or 33° 0′ 22″ north
Longitude
35.21534° or 35° 12′ 55″ east
Population
568
Elevation
351 metres (1,152 feet)
Open location code
8G5Q2648+F4
Open­Street­Map ID
way 687011000
Open­Street­Map feature
landuse=­residential
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
295074
Wiki­data ID
Q2890864
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Turkish—“Ga’aton” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “غعتون”
  • Czech: “Ga’aton”
  • Czech: “Ga’ton”
  • Czech: “Gaaton”
  • Czech: “Gaton”
  • French: “Ga’aton”
  • Hebrew: “Ga‘ton”
  • Hebrew: “Ga’ton”
  • Hebrew: “געתון”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Ga’aton”
  • Polish: “Ga’aton”
  • Polish: “Gaton”
  • Slovenian: “Ga’aton”
  • Spanish: “Ga’aton”
  • Turkish: “Ga’aton”

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