Dan

Dan, and older name Laish, is an ancient city mentioned in the Hebrew Bible, described as the northernmost city of the Kingdom of Israel, and belonging to the tribe of Dan, its namesake.
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  • Type: Archaeological site
  • Description: ancient city in northern Israel
  • Also known as: “Lais”, “Laiŝ”, “Laís”, “Laish”, “Lesem”, “Leŝem”, “Leshem”, “Léshem”, “Lèshem”, “Mound of the Judge”, “Reserva Tel Dan”, “Tel el Qady”, “Tel-Dan”, “Tell al Kadi”, “Tell el Qadi”, “תל אל-קאדי”, “תל השופט”, “دان”, “라이사”, “라이스”, “레셈”, “丹 (古城)”, and “利善”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Beit Ussishkin Museum and Banias.

Museum
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is situated 1 km south of Dan.

Archaeological site
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, also spelled Banyas, is a site in the… is situated 4 km east of Dan.

Peak
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is a hill in the foothills of the… is situated 3 km southeast of Dan.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Dan and Dafna.

Village
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is a kibbutz in northern Israel.

Village
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is a kibbutz in the in northern .

Village
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She'ar Yashuv is a moshav in northern .

Dan

Latitude
33.24863° or 33° 14′ 55″ north
Longitude
35.65238° or 35° 39′ 9″ east
Elevation
179 metres (587 feet)
Open location code
8G5Q6MX2+FX
Geo­Names ID
295356
Wiki­data ID
Q1346856
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Ukrainian—“Dan” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Tel Dan”
  • Arabic: “تل القاضي”
  • Azerbaijani: “Dan (antik şəhər)”
  • Azerbaijani: “Dan”
  • Bulgarian: “Дан”
  • Catalan: “Tel Dan”
  • Cebuano: “Tel Dan”
  • Chinese: “但城 (古城)”
  • Czech: “Tel Dan”
  • Dutch: “Dan”
  • Esperanto: “Tel Dan”
  • French: “Tel Dan”
  • German: “Tel Dan”
  • Hebrew: “תל דן”
  • Indonesian: “Dan”
  • Indonesian: “Tel Dan”
  • Italian: “Tel Dan”
  • Japanese: “ダン”
  • Korean: “단”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Tel Dan”
  • Norwegian: “Tel Dan”
  • Persian: “شهر باستانی دن”
  • Polish: “Tel Dan”
  • Portuguese: “Dã (antiga cidade)”
  • Portuguese: “Dã”
  • Romanian: “Tel Dan”
  • Russian: “Дан”
  • Spanish: “Tel Dan”
  • Swedish: “Tel Dan”
  • Thai: “ดาน (เมืองโบราณ)”
  • Thai: “ดาน”
  • Turkish: “Dan”
  • Ukrainian: “Дан”

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Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Khirbat Nakhaiylā and Arāḑī Tall al Qāḑī.

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