Ben Ami
Ben Ami is an agricultural settlement in the Northern District of Israel. Located next to Nahariya, it falls under the jurisdiction of Mateh Asher Regional Council. As of 2023 its population was 797.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village with 766 residents
- Description: human settlement in Israel
- Also known as: “Ben ‘Ami”, “Ben Aami”, “Irgun Ben ‘Ami”, “Nahar”, “Oum El Faraj”, “Umm al Faraj”, and “Umm el Faraj”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Galilee Medical Center and Tel Kabri.
Galilee Medical Center
Hospital
Galilee Medical Center, abbreviated GMC, is a hospital located in the coastal city of Nahariya and is the second largest hospital in northern Israel. It was established in 1956.
Tel Kabri
Archaeological site
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Tel Kabri, or Tell al-Qahweh, is an archaeological tell containing one of the largest Middle Bronze Age Canaanite palaces in Israel, and the largest such palace excavated as of 2014.
Hesder Yeshiva
School
Photo: Davidfelstein13, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Yeshivat Hesder Nahariya is a religious study institution located in the northernmost city in Israel, Nahariya, on the Mediterranean coast. It is a Hesder yeshiva, which combines religious Torah study with service in the army and community service.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Netiv HaShayara and Evron.
Netiv HaShayara
Village
Photo: Almog, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Netiv HaShayara is a moshav in northern Israel. Located near Nahariya, it falls under the jurisdiction of Mateh Asher Regional Council. In 2023 it had a population of 488.
Evron
Village
Photo: LordNitz, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Evron is a kibbutz in northern Israel. Situated in the western Galilee adjacent to Nahariya on the city's southeast border, it falls under the jurisdiction of Mateh Asher Regional Council. In 2023 it had a population of 956. Evron is situated 2½ km southwest of Ben Ami.
Nahariyya
Nahariyya is a small city with a population of 50,000 in the Western Galilee in the north of Israel.
Ben Ami
- Categories: moshav, human settlement, residential area, and locality
- Location: Northern District, Israel, Middle East, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
33.00673° or 33° 0′ 24″ northLongitude
35.12286° or 35° 7′ 22″ eastPopulation
766Elevation
33 metres (108 feet)Open location code
8G5Q244F+M4OpenStreetMap ID
way 696905232OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=residentialOpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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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 Ami”. Photo: Almog, CC BY-SA 3.0.