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: “Laish”, “Leshem”, “Mound of the Judge”, “Tel el Qady”, and “Tell el Qadi”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include 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 Israeli-occupied , near a natural spring, once associated with the Greek god Pan. It had been inhabited for 2,000 years, until its Syrian population fled and their homes were destroyed by Israel following the 1967 Six-Day War. is situated 4 km east of Dan.

Peak
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is a hill in the foothills of the in northern , 330 m above sea level, 1.5 km east of moshav , 1.5 km south east of kibbutz and 2 km west of Tel Faher. 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. Located in the north of the , at the foot of , it falls under the jurisdiction of Upper Galilee Regional Council. As of 2024 it had a population of 840.

Village
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is a kibbutz in the in northern . Located seven kilometres east of and surrounded by three streams of the Dan River, it falls under the jurisdiction of Upper Galilee Regional Council.

Village
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She'ar Yashuv is a moshav in northern . Located in the in the northeastern , it falls under the jurisdiction of Mevo'ot HaHermon Regional Council.

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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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Ukrainian—“Dan” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Tel Dan”
  • Arabic: “تل القاضي”
  • Arabic: “دان”
  • Azerbaijani: “Dan (antik şəhər)”
  • Azerbaijani: “Dan”
  • Bulgarian: “Дан”
  • Catalan: “Tel Dan”
  • Cebuano: “Tel Dan”
  • Chinese: “丹 (古城)”
  • Chinese: “但城 (古城)”
  • Chinese: “利善”
  • Czech: “Tel Dan”
  • Dutch: “Dan”
  • Esperanto: “Laiŝ”
  • Esperanto: “Leŝem”
  • Esperanto: “Tel Dan”
  • French: “Léshem”
  • French: “Lèshem”
  • French: “Tel Dan”
  • German: “Tel Dan”
  • German: “Tell al Kadi”
  • Hebrew: “תל אל-קאדי”
  • Hebrew: “תל דן”
  • Hebrew: “תל השופט”
  • Indonesian: “Dan”
  • Indonesian: “Tel Dan”
  • Italian: “Dan”
  • Italian: “Lais”
  • Italian: “Laish”
  • Italian: “Lesem”
  • Italian: “Tel Dan”
  • Japanese: “ダン”
  • Korean: “단”
  • Korean: “라이사”
  • Korean: “라이스”
  • Korean: “레셈”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Tel Dan”
  • 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: “Lais”
  • Spanish: “Laís”
  • Spanish: “Reserva Tel Dan”
  • Spanish: “Tel Dan”
  • Swedish: “Tel Dan”
  • Thai: “ดาน (เมืองโบราณ)”
  • Thai: “ดาน”
  • Turkish: “Dan”
  • Ukrainian: “Дан”

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