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Northern District

Degania Alef

Degania Alef is a kibbutz in northern Israel. The Jewish community was founded in 1910, making it the earliest Labor Zionist farming commune in Palestine.
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  • Type: Village with 528 residents
  • Description: kibbutz in Northern Israel
  • Also known as: “Deganiya”, “Degānīyā”, “Deganiya Alef”, “Deganiyah”, “Degānyā”, “Deganya A”, “Deganya Alef”, “Deganyah”, “Deganyah Alef”, “Dganiya”, “Dganiya Alef”, “Umm Jumieh”, and “Umm Jūni”

Places of Interest

Highlights include חצר ראשונים and Yardenit baptism site.

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Church
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Yardenit, also known as the Yardenit Baptismal Site, is a baptism site located along the in the Galilee region of northern Israel, which is frequented by Christian pilgrims.

School
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Places in the Area

Nearby places include Degania Bet and Kvutzat Kinneret.

Village
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is a kibbutz in northern . Located to the south of the adjacent to Degania Alef, it falls under the jurisdiction of Emek HaYarden Regional Council. was established in 1920. As of 2023, it had a population of 764.

Village
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, also known as Kibbutz Kinneret, is a kibbutz in northern . The settlement group was established in 1913, and moved from the Kinneret training farm to the permanent location in 1929.

Village
Kinneret, also known as to distinguish it from the neighbouring settlement of , is a moshava on the southwestern shore of the in .

Degania Alef

Latitude
32.70848° or 32° 42′ 31″ north
Longitude
35.57486° or 35° 34′ 30″ east
Population
528
Elevation
-197 metres (-646 feet)
Open location code
8G4QPH5F+9W
Open­Street­Map ID
node 278473115
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
295345
Wiki­data ID
Q2371396
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yiddish—“Degania Alef” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “دجانيا”
  • Arabic: “دغانيا ألف”
  • Arabic: “ديجانيا كفوتزة”
  • Arabic: “ديجانيا”
  • Arabic: “ديجانية”
  • Arabic: “ديجانيه”
  • Arabic: “كيبوتس ديجانيا”
  • Armenian: “Դեգանիա Ալեֆ”
  • Basque: “Degania”
  • Belarusian: “Дганія Алеф”
  • Belarusian: “Дэганія Алеф”
  • Bulgarian: “Дгания”
  • Chinese: “德加尼亚阿列夫”
  • Chinese: “德加尼亞-阿萊夫”
  • Chinese: “德加尼亞阿列夫”
  • Chinese: “德加尼亞阿勒夫”
  • Czech: “Degania Alef”
  • Czech: “Deganija Alef”
  • Czech: “Deganja Alef”
  • Danish: “Degania”
  • Dutch: “Degania”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “جدانيا الف”
  • Esperanto: “Deganja”
  • Finnish: “Degania Alef”
  • French: “Degania”
  • German: “Degania Alef”
  • German: “Degania Aleph”
  • German: “Degania”
  • Greek: “Ντεγκάνια Αλέφ”
  • Hebrew: “אם הקבוצות”
  • Hebrew: “דגניה א‘”
  • Hebrew: “דגניה א’”
  • Hebrew: “דגניה א”
  • Hebrew: “דגניה אלף”
  • Italian: “Degania Alef”
  • Italian: “Degania”
  • Japanese: “デガニア・アレフ”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Degania”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Degania Alef”
  • Norwegian: “Degania”
  • Persian: “دگانیا آلف”
  • Polish: “Degania Alef”
  • Polish: “Degania”
  • Polish: “Deganja Alef”
  • Portuguese: “Degania Alef”
  • Russian: “Дгания Алеф”
  • Russian: “Дгания-Алеф”
  • Russian: “Дгания”
  • Serbian: “Деганија Алеф”
  • Slovenian: “Degania Alef”
  • Spanish: “Degania Alef”
  • Spanish: “Degania”
  • Turkish: “Degania Alef”
  • Ukrainian: “Деганія Алеф”
  • Urdu: “دیگانیا الف”
  • Yiddish: “דגניה א‘”
  • Yiddish: “דגניה א’”

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