Peki’in
Peki'in or Buqei'a, is a Druze–Arab town with local council status in Israel's Northern District. It is located eight kilometres east of Ma'alot-Tarshiha in the Upper Galilee.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village with 5,890 residents
- Description: human settlement in Israel
- Also known as: “Al Buqei‘a”, “Beqe‘ah”, “Beqe’ah”, “Buqay‘ah”, “Buqei’a”, “El Bukeiah”, “El Buqei‘a”, “Pekiin”, “Peqi‘in”, and “Peqiin”
Places of Interest
Highlights include 814 Har Zevul and Beit Jan Military Cemetery.
814 Har Zevul
Peak
Photo: Amit A., CC BY-SA 3.0.
814 Har Zevul is a peak, which is situated 4 km north of Peki’in.
Beit Jan Military Cemetery
Cemetery
Photo: YoavR, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Beit Jan Military Cemetery is situated 4 km southeast of Peki’in.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Upper Galilee and Peki’in HaHadasha.
Upper Galilee
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Upper Galilee is a geographical region located in northern Israel and southern Lebanon. Part of the larger Galilee region, it is characterized by its higher elevations and mountainous terrain.
Peki’in HaHadasha
Village
Peki'in HaHadasha is a moshav in northern Israel. Located near Peki'in, it falls under the jurisdiction of Ma'ale Yosef Regional Council. In 2023 it had a population of 684.
Harashim
Village
Photo: Tishrey, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Harashim is a community settlement in northern Israel. Located in the Upper Galilee to the north of Karmiel, it falls under the jurisdiction of Misgav Regional Council.
Peki’in
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Northern District, Israel, Middle East, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
32.97724° or 32° 58′ 38″ northLongitude
35.33399° or 35° 20′ 2″ eastPopulation
5,890Elevation
565 metres (1,854 feet)Open location code
8G4QX8GM+VHOpenStreetMap ID
node 278477460OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
295379Wikidata ID
Q2915001
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Yiddish—“Peki’in” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “البقيعة”
- Arabic: “البقيعة”
- Arabic: “البقيعه”
- Arabic: “بقيعة”
- Cebuano: “Buqei‘a”
- Czech: “Peki’in”
- Czech: “Pekiin”
- Dutch: “Buqei‘a”
- Dutch: “Peki’in”
- Egyptian Arabic: “البقيعه”
- Finnish: “Peki’in”
- French: “Pekiin”
- German: “Buqei‘a”
- German: “Pek’in”
- Hebrew: “Bukei’a”
- Hebrew: “Buqei‘a”
- Hebrew: “בקיעה”
- Hebrew: “פקיעין”
- Hebrew: “פְּקִיעִין”
- Irish: “Peki’in”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Peki’in”
- Polish: “Peki’in”
- Portuguese: “Peki’in”
- Russian: “Пкиин”
- Spanish: “Bokehel”
- Spanish: “Peqi’in”
- Swedish: “Buqei‘a”
- Turkish: “Peki’in”
- Ukrainian: “Пкіїн”
- Yiddish: “פקיעין”
Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
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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 “Peki’in”. Photo: Ovedc, CC BY-SA 4.0.