Ayelet HaShahar
Ayelet HaShahar is a kibbutz in northern Israel acquired in 1892 and settled in the second Aliyah, located on the Korazim Plateau, by the Rosh Pina – Metulla road, it is approximately 35 kilometres south of the city of Kiryat Shmona and falls under the jurisdiction of Upper Galilee Regional Council.Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
- Type: Village with 1,470 residents
- Description: Kibbutz in Israel
- Also known as: “Aiyelet Hash Shahar”, “Aiyelet HaShahar”, “Aiyelet Hashaḥar”, “Ayelet Hashahar”, and “Ayyelet HaShahar”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Tel Hazor and Yarda.
Tel Hazor
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Tel Hazor, translated in LXX as Hasōr, and in Arabic Tell Waqqas or Tell Qedah el-Gul, is an archaeological tell at the site of ancient Hazor, located in the Upper Galilee, north of the Sea of Galilee, in the northern Korazim Plateau.
Yarda
Ruins
Photo: Hanay, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Yarda was a Palestinian hamlet in the Safad Subdistrict. It was depopulated during the 1947–1949 Palestine war. It was located 10.5 km northeast of Safad. The area is now part of Israel.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Mishmar HaYarden and Sde Eliezer.
Mishmar HaYarden
Village
Photo: Hanay, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Mishmar HaYarden is a moshav in northern Israel. Located in the Korazim Plateau, on Highway 91 between Mahanayim and Gadot, it falls under the jurisdiction of Mevo'ot HaHermon Regional Council. In 2024 it had a population of 962. Mishmar HaYarden is situated 3 km southeast of Ayelet HaShahar.
Sde Eliezer
Village
Photo: Ram.eisenberg, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Sde Eliezer is a moshav in northern Israel. Located in the Hula Valley, it falls under the jurisdiction of Mevo'ot HaHermon Regional Council. In 2024 it had a population of 1,005. Sde Eliezer is situated 3 km north of Ayelet HaShahar.
Mahanayim
Village
Photo: Rav, Public domain.
Mahanayim is a kibbutz in northern Israel. Located on the Korazim Plateau, around three kilometres northeast of Rosh Pinna, it falls under the jurisdiction of Upper Galilee Regional Council. In 2024 it had a population of 860. Mahanayim is situated 3½ km south of Ayelet HaShahar.
Ayelet HaShahar
- Categories: kibbutz and locality
- Location: Northern District, Israel, Middle East, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
33.0216° or 33° 1′ 18″ northLongitude
35.57595° or 35° 34′ 33″ eastPopulation
1,470Elevation
185 metres (607 feet)Inception
1915Open location code
8G5Q2HCG+J9OpenStreetMap ID
node 278477019OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Ayelet HaShahar” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “أييليت هشاحر”
- Czech: “Ajelet ha-Šachar”
- French: “Ayelet-Hashahar”
- Hebrew: “Ayyelet HaShaẖar”
- Hebrew: “איילת השחר”
- Hebrew: “אילת השחר”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Ayelet HaShahar”
- Persian: “ایلت هشحر”
- Polish: “Ajjelet ha-Szachar”
- Russian: “Аелет ха-Шахар”
- Russian: “Аелет-ха-Шахар”
- Russian: “Айелет ха-Шахар”
- Russian: “Айелет-ха-Шахар”
- Spanish: “Ayelet HaShahar”
- Turkish: “Ayelet HaŞahar”
- Ukrainian: “Аєлет га-Шахар”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include חדר אוכל איילת השחר and Hazor antiquities museum.
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