Ben Ami

Ben Ami is an agricultural settlement in the of . Located next to , it falls under the jurisdiction of Mateh Asher Regional Council. As of 2024 its population was 776.
Wikipedia
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  • Type: Village with 766 residents
  • Description: human settlement in Israel
  • Also known as: “Ben ‘Ami”, “Ben Aami”, “Ben Ammi”, “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.

Hospital
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, abbreviated GMC, is a located in the coastal city of and is the second largest hospital in northern Israel. It was established in 1956.

Archaeological site
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, or Tell al-Qahweh, is an archaeological tell containing one of the largest Middle Bronze Age Canaanite palaces in , and the largest such palace excavated as of 2014.

Railway station
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railway station is a railway station serving the city of , Israel, and the surrounding towns and villages of the Western Galilee region.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Netiv HaShayara and Sheikh Danun.

Village
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is a moshav in northern . Located near , it falls under the jurisdiction of Mateh Asher Regional Council. In 2024 it had a population of 463.

Village
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Sheikh Dannun; also transliterated as and Sheikh Danon) is an Arab village located in 's . Since 1948, it has been made up of two old villages – Shaykh Danun and Shaykh Dawud – which were merged, and are now jointly referred to as Sheikh Dannun. is situated 2½ km southeast of Ben Ami.

Village
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is a kibbutz in northern . Situated in the western Galilee adjacent to on the city's southeast border, it falls under the jurisdiction of Mateh Asher Regional Council. In 2024 it had a population of 973. is situated 2½ km southwest of Ben Ami.

Ben Ami

Latitude
33.00422° or 33° 0′ 15″ north
Longitude
35.12418° or 35° 7′ 27″ east
Population
766
Elevation
33 metres (108 feet)
Open location code
8G5Q243F+MM
Open­Street­Map ID
node 278476383
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
295518
Wiki­data ID
Q2888694
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Turkish—“Ben Ami” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Ben ‘Ammi”
  • Czech: “Ben Ami”
  • Czech: “Ben Ammi”
  • French: “Ben Ami”
  • German: “Ben Ami”
  • German: “Ben Ammi”
  • Hebrew: “Ben ‘Ammi”
  • Hebrew: “בן עמי”
  • Hebrew: “בן-עמי”
  • Low German: “Ben Ami”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Ben Ami”
  • Persian: “بن عمی”
  • Polish: “Ben Ammi”
  • Swedish: “Ben ‘Ammi”
  • Turkish: “Ben Ami”

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