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Central District

Ben Zakai

Ben Zakai is a religious moshav in central . Located in the , it falls under the jurisdiction of Hevel Yavne Regional Council. In 2023 it had a population of 997.
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  • Type: Village with 1,130 residents
  • Description: human settlement
  • Also known as: “Ben Zakay”, “Ben Zakkay”, “Ben Zakki”, and “Yavneh”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Yavne - East and Rabban Gamliel Grave.

Railway station
Photo: Shuki, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Yavne–East railway station is one of two railway stations in , . It is on the suburban line Binyamina/––/. Yavne East was opened in 1992 and was fully rebuilt in 2009.

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 2.5.
The mausoleum of Abu Hurayra, or Rabban Gamaliel's Tomb, is a maqam turned synagogue in Sanhedrin Park in , Rehovot Subdistrict, in the , formerly belonging to the depopulated Palestinian village of .

Bridge
The or Nahr Rubin Bridge is a Mamluk arch bridge near , which crosses the . It was previously used by Route 410 to , and was known as the Jumping Bridge due to a bump in the middle of the bridge which caused cars to jump if speeding. is situated 2½ km northeast of Ben Zakai.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Yavne and Bnaya.

Town
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 3.0.
is a city in the of . In 2023 it had a population of 57,725. Modern was established in 1949. It is located near the ruins of the ancient town of Yibna, later the village of , and today the archeological site of Tel . is situated 2½ km north of Ben Zakai.

Village
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is a moshav in central Israel. Located in the westernmost portion of the near , and , it falls under the jurisdiction of Brenner Regional Council. In 2023 it had a population of 884. is situated 2½ km southeast of Ben Zakai.

Village
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
is a moshav in the Central District of , near . It belongs to the Gederot Regional Council. In 2023 it had a population of 771. is situated 3 km south of Ben Zakai.

Ben Zakai

Latitude
31.85621° or 31° 51′ 22″ north
Longitude
34.72875° or 34° 43′ 44″ east
Population
1,130
Elevation
33 metres (108 feet)
Open location code
8G3PVP4H+FF
Open­Street­Map ID
way 406822716
Open­Street­Map feature
landuse=­residential
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
295504
Wiki­data ID
Q587948
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In Other Languages

From Czech to Turkish—“Ben Zakai” goes by many names.
  • Czech: “Ben Zakaj”
  • Dutch: “Ben Zakai”
  • French: “Ben Zakai”
  • Hebrew: “בן זכאי”
  • Hebrew: “בֶּן זַכַּאי”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Ben Zakai”
  • Polish: “Ben Zakaj”
  • Polish: “Ben Zakkaj”
  • Russian: “Бен-Закай”
  • Turkish: “Ben Zakai”

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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 “Ben Zakai”. Photo: Bienchido, CC BY-SA 3.0.