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Northern District

Ein Ya’akov

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.
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  • Type: Village with 1,140 residents
  • Description: human settlement in Israel
  • Also known as: “‘Ein Ya‘aqov”, “‘En Ya’aqov”, “Ain Yaaqoub”, and “Ein Yaaqov”

Places of Interest

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

Castle
Photo: Bukvoed, CC BY 3.0.
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.

Ruins
Photo: Eranfel, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Montfort is a ruined Crusader castle in the region in northern , about 22 miles northeast of the city of and 10 miles south of the border with . is situated 4 km north of Ein Ya’akov.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ga’aton and Yehiam.

Village
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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.

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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Me'ona is a moshav in northern . Located between and , it falls under the jurisdiction of Ma'ale Yosef Regional Council. In 2023 it had a population of 1,077. is situated 3 km east of Ein Ya’akov.

Ein Ya’akov

Latitude
33.00955° or 33° 0′ 34″ north
Longitude
35.22929° or 35° 13′ 46″ east
Population
1,140
Elevation
441 metres (1,447 feet)
Open location code
8G5Q265H+RP
Open­Street­Map ID
node 278471508
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
295181
Wiki­data ID
Q2777566
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In Other Languages

From Czech to Turkish—“Ein Ya’akov” goes by many names.
  • Czech: “Ein Ya’akov”
  • Czech: “Ein Yaakov”
  • Czech: “Ejn Ja’akov”
  • Czech: “Ejn Jaakov”
  • Czech: “Ejn Jakov”
  • Czech: “En Ya’aqov”
  • Czech: “En Yaaqov”
  • French: “Ein Ya’akov”
  • Hebrew: “‘En Ya‘aqov”
  • Hebrew: “Ein Ya’akov”
  • Hebrew: “עין יעקב”
  • Hebrew: “עֵין יַעֲקֹב”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Ein Ya’akov”
  • Polish: “Ein Ja’akov”
  • Polish: “Ein Ya’akov”
  • Polish: “En Ja’akow”
  • Turkish: “Ein Ya’akov”

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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 “Ein Ya’akov”. Photo: Kippi70, CC BY-SA 3.0.