Fassuta
Fassuta is a Christian Arab local council in the Northern District of Israel. It is located in the Upper Galilee on the northwestern slopes of Mount Meron, south of the Lebanese border.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village with 3,170 residents
- Description: Christian village in Israel
- Also known as: “Fassūṭā”, “Fassutah”, “Mafshatah”, and “מפשטה”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Tel Rosh and מערת רהב.
Tel Rosh
Archaeological site
Tel Rosh, also known in Arabic as Khirbet Tell ‘er-Ruwesah is an archaeological site located in the Upper Galilee in northern Israel, about 1 km SE of Fassuta, and north of the modern moshav of Elkosh. Tel Rosh is situated 2½ km southeast of Fassuta.
מערת רהב
Cave
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מערת רהב is a cave, which is situated 3½ km north of Fassuta.
Biranit
Military installation
Biranit is a military camp and former kibbutz in northern Israel on the border with Lebanon. It is the headquarters of the Galilee Division of the Israel Defense Forces, and is located around a kilometre from the Lebanese border between Sasa and Netu'a. Biranit is situated 3 km east of Fassuta.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Elkosh and Netu’a.
Elkosh
Village
Elkosh is a moshav in northern Israel. Located near Ma'alot-Tarshiha and the Lebanese border, it falls under the jurisdiction of Ma'ale Yosef Regional Council. In 2023 it had a population of 267.
Netu’a
Village
Netu'a is a moshav in northern Israel. Located near the Lebanese border, it falls under the jurisdiction of Ma'ale Yosef Regional Council. In 2023 it had a population of 339.
Abirim
Village
Abirim, also known as Mitzpe Abirim, is a community settlement in northern Israel. Located in the Upper Galilee, three kilometres from Ma'alot-Tarshiha, it falls under the jurisdiction of Ma'ale Yosef Regional Council.
Fassuta
- Categories: human settlement, local council in Israel, and locality
- Location: Northern District, Israel, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
33.04844° or 33° 2′ 54″ northLongitude
35.31003° or 35° 18′ 36″ eastPopulation
3,170Elevation
639 metres (2,096 feet)Open location code
8G5Q28X6+92OpenStreetMap ID
node 278470236OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
295104Wikidata ID
Q2917294
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Turkish—“Fassuta” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “فسوطة”
- Arabic: “فسوطة”
- Bulgarian: “Пасута”
- Cebuano: “Pasuta”
- Czech: “Fassuta”
- Czech: “Fassúta”
- Czech: “Fasuta”
- Dutch: “Fassuta”
- Egyptian Arabic: “فسوطه”
- Finnish: “Fassuta”
- French: “Fassuta”
- Greek: “Φασούτα”
- Hausa: “Fassuta”
- Hebrew: “Fassūta”
- Hebrew: “פסוטה”
- Hebrew: “פַסּוּטָה”
- Irish: “Fassuta”
- Italian: “Fassuta”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Fassuta”
- Persian: “فسوطه”
- Polish: “Fassuta”
- Portuguese: “Fassuta”
- Russian: “Фассута”
- Spanish: “Fassove”
- Spanish: “Fassuta”
- Spanish: “Fasuta”
- Spanish: “Mifshata”
- Swedish: “Pasuta”
- Turkish: “Fassuta”
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