Deir al-Asad
Deir al-Asad is an Arab village in the Galilee region of Israel, near Karmiel. Together with the adjacent village of Bi'ina it formed the site of the Crusader monastery town of St.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Asadi Bendel, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Village with 12,500 residents
- Description: human settlement
- Also known as: “Dayr Al-‘Asad”, “Deir al Asad”, “Deir el Asad”, and “Deir el Assad”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Khirbet Mehoz and Karmiel.
Karmiel
Railway station
Photo: Itaygur, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Karmiel railway station is an Israel Railways passenger terminal in Karmiel, Israel. It is located at the eastern terminus of the Railway to Karmiel. Karmiel is situated 3 km southeast of Deir al-Asad.
Tefen cave
Cave
Photo: SAGI.SUL, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Tefen cave is situated 2½ km northwest of Deir al-Asad.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bi’ina and Majd al-Krum.
Bi’ina
Village
Bi'ina is an Arab town in the Northern District of Israel. It is located east of Acre. In 2003, Bi'ina merged with Majd al-Krum and Deir al-Asad to form the city of Shaghur, but was reinstated as a local council in 2008 after Shaghur was dissolved.
Majd al-Krum
Village
Photo: Al Ameer son, Public domain.
Majd al-Krum is an Arab town located in the Galilee in Israel's Northern District about 16 kilometers east of Acre. Its inhabitants are primarily Muslim.
Lavon
Village
Lavon is a community settlement in northern Israel. Located in the Galilee four kilometres north of Karmiel, it falls under the jurisdiction of Misgav Regional Council. In 2023 it had a population of 884.
Deir al-Asad
- Categories: human settlement, residential area, and locality
- Location: Northern District, Israel, Middle East, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
32.93649° or 32° 56′ 11″ northLongitude
35.26777° or 35° 16′ 4″ eastPopulation
12,500Elevation
378 metres (1,240 feet)Open location code
8G4QW7P9+H4OpenStreetMap ID
way 614173565OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=residentialOpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Urdu—“Deir al-Asad” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “دير الأسد”
- Arabic: “دير الأسد”
- Arabic: “دير الاسد”
- Czech: “Deir al-Asad”
- Czech: “Dejr al-Asad”
- Dutch: “Deir al-Asad”
- Finnish: “Deir al-Assad”
- French: “Deir al Asad”
- French: “Deir al-Asad”
- German: “Deir al-Asad”
- German: “דֵיר אֶל-אַסַד”
- German: “دير الأسد”
- Hebrew: “דייר אל-אסד”
- Hebrew: “דיר אל אסד”
- Hebrew: “דיר אל-אסד”
- Hebrew: “דֵיר אֶל-אַסַד”
- Italian: “Deir al-Asad”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Deir al-Asad”
- Polish: “Dejr al-Asad”
- Russian: “Дейр-аль-Асад”
- Scots: “Deir al-Asad”
- Turkish: “Deyr Esad”
- Urdu: “دیر الاسد”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include אבו בכר and مقبرة دير الأسد.
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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 “Deir al-Asad”. Photo: Asadi Bendel, CC BY-SA 3.0.