Deir al-Asad

Deir al-Asad is an Arab village in the Galilee region of , near . Together with the adjacent village of it formed the site of the Crusader monastery town of St.
Wikipedia
Photo: Asadi Bendel, CC BY-SA 3.0.
  • Type: Town 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 Karmiel and Horvat Tefen.

Railway station
Photo: Itaygur, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The railway station is an Israel Railways passenger terminal in , . It is located at the eastern terminus of the Railway to . is situated 3 km southeast of Deir al-Asad.

Archaeological site
or Qal'at et-Tufaniya, alternatively Tefen Fortress, is an archaeological site in the Western Galilee region of northern . Located on a mountain ridge approximately 16 kilometres from the coastal city of , the site contains the remains of a short-lived hilltop fort dating to the early 1st century BCE.

Ruins
Photo: Hoshvilim, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a ruins.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Bi’ina and Majd al-Krum.

Town
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 2.5.
Bi'ina is an Arab town in the of . It is located east of . In 2003, Bi'ina merged with and Deir al-Asad to form the city of Shaghur, but was reinstated as a local council in 2008 after Shaghur was dissolved.

Village
Photo: Al Ameer son, Public domain.
is an Arab town located in the Galilee in 's about 16 kilometers east of . Its inhabitants are primarily Muslims.

Village
Kishorit is a kibbutz in northern . Located in the Galilee near , it falls under the jurisdiction of . In 2024 it had a population of 234. Its members are all disabled adults.

Deir al-Asad

Latitude
32.93477° or 32° 56′ 5″ north
Longitude
35.26683° or 35° 16′ 1″ east
Population
12,500
Elevation
576 metres (1,890 feet)
Open location code
8G4QW7M8+WP
Open­Street­Map ID
node 278476858
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
295341
Wiki­data ID
Q612599
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Satellite Map

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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”
  • 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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Highlights include אבו בכר and مقبرة دير الأسد.

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