Sheikh Danun
Sheikh Dannun; also transliterated as Sheikh Danun and Sheikh Danon) is an Arab village located in Israel's Northern District. Since 1948, it has been made up of two old villages – Shaykh Danun and Shaykh Dawud – which were merged, and are now jointly referred to as Sheikh Dannun.- Type: Village with 2,890 residents
- Description: Arab village in northern Israel
- Also known as: “Dannun”, “Danun”, “Esh Sheikh Dannun”, “Esh Sheikh Dāūd”, “Shaykh Daud”, “Shaykh Dawud”, “Sheikh Danmov”, “Sheikh Dannun”, “Sheikh Dannūn”, “Sheikh Danon”, “Sheikh Daud”, and “Sheikh Dāwūd”
Places of Interest
Highlights include El Ghabisiya and Tel Kabri.
El Ghabisiya
Ruins
Al-Ghabisiyya was a Palestinian Arab village in northern Palestine, 16 km north-east of Acre in present-day Israel. It was depopulated by the Israel Defense Forces during the 1948 Palestinian expulsion and remains deserted.
Tel Kabri
Archaeological site
Tel Kabri, or Tell al-Qahweh, is an archaeological tell containing one of the largest Middle Bronze Age Canaanite palaces in Israel, and the largest such palace excavated as of 2014.
Galilee Medical Center
Hospital
Galilee Medical Center, abbreviated GMC, is a hospital located in the coastal city of Nahariya and is the second largest hospital in northern Israel. It was established in 1956. Galilee Medical Center is situated 3½ km northwest of Sheikh Danun.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Netiv HaShayara and Amka.
Netiv HaShayara
Village
Netiv HaShayara is a moshav in northern Israel. Located near Nahariya, it falls under the jurisdiction of Mateh Asher Regional Council. In 2024 it had a population of 463.
Amka
Village
Amka, also Amqa, is a moshav in the Matte Asher Regional Council of Israel's Northern District, near Acre. The moshav, located in the vicinity of Amqa, a Palestinian village depopulated during the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, was founded by Yemenite Jews in 1949.
Ben Ami
Village
Ben Ami is an agricultural settlement in the Northern District of Israel. Located next to Nahariya, it falls under the jurisdiction of Mateh Asher Regional Council. As of 2024 its population was 776. Ben Ami is situated 2½ km northwest of Sheikh Danun.
Sheikh Danun
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Northern District, Israel, Middle East, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
32.99432° or 32° 59′ 40″ north
Longitude
35.14792° or 35° 8′ 53″ east
Population
2,890
Elevation
102 metres (335 feet)
Open location code
8G4QX4VX+P5
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Turkish—“Sheikh Danun” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “الشيخ دنون”
- Arabic: “الشيخ دنون”
- Cebuano: “Esh Sheikh Dannūn”
- Czech: “Šejch Danun”
- Czech: “Sheikh Danun”
- Czech: “Sheykh Dannun”
- Dutch: “Sheikh Danun”
- Egyptian Arabic: “الشيخ دنون”
- French: “Sheikh Danun”
- German: “Sheikh Dannun”
- Hebrew: “Esh Sheikh Dannūn”
- Hebrew: “Esh Sheikh Dāwūd”
- Hebrew: “א שיח’ דאוד”
- Hebrew: “א שיח’ דנון”
- Hebrew: “שיח‘ דנון”
- Hebrew: “שיח’ דנון”
- Hebrew: “שייח דנון”
- Hebrew: “שייח‘ דנון”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Sheikh Danun”
- Polish: “Szajch Dannun”
- Polish: “Szejk Danun”
- Swedish: “Esh Sheikh Dannūn”
- Turkish: “Şeikh Danun”
Localities in the Area
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