Middle East
Syria
Quneitra Governorate

Giv‘at Yo’av

Givat Yoav is an Israeli settlement organized as a moshav, located in the . The international community considers Israeli settlements in the Golan Heights illegal under international law, but the Israeli government disputes this.
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  • Type: Village with 662 residents
  • Description: human settlement in the Golan heights
  • Also known as: “Giv’at Yo’av” and “Givat Yoav”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Fiq and Ophir Viewpoint.

Ruins
Photo: Jakednb, CC BY-SA 3.0.
was a town in the that administratively belonged to . It sat at an altitude of 349 meters and had a population of 2,800 in 1967. is situated 3 km southeast of Giv‘at Yo’av.

Scenic viewpoint
Photo: Hanay, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a scenic viewpoint, which is situated 2½ km northwest of Giv‘at Yo’av.

Protected area
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Kursi is an archaeological site in the containing the ruins of a Byzantine monastery and identified by tradition as the site of Jesus' "Miracle of the Swine". is situated 4 km northwest of Giv‘at Yo’av.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Bené Yehuda and Neot Golan.

Village
Bnei Yehuda is an Israeli settlement organized as a moshav located in the southern , under the administration of . The moshav was built in 1972 and falls under the municipal jurisdiction of the Golan Regional Council.

Village
is an Israeli settlement and moshav, in the southern , under the administration of . It falls under the jurisdiction of Golan Regional Council, and had a population of 744 in 2023.

Village
Photo: יעקב, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is an Israeli settlement organized as a kibbutz in the . It was established in 1972 close to the abandoned village of following Israel's capture and occupation of the Golan Heights in the 1973 Yom Kippur War. is situated 3 km southeast of Giv‘at Yo’av.

Giv‘at Yo’av

Latitude
32.79748° or 32° 47′ 51″ north
Longitude
35.6807° or 35° 40′ 51″ east
Population
662
Elevation
319 metres (1,047 feet)
Open location code
8G4QQMWJ+X7
Open­Street­Map ID
way 803215258
Open­Street­Map feature
landuse=­residential
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
443078
Wiki­data ID
Q2909809
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In Other Languages

From Czech to Vietnamese—“Giv‘at Yo’av” goes by many names.
  • Czech: “Giv’at Jo’av”
  • Czech: “Giv’at Joav”
  • Czech: “Giv’at Yoav”
  • Czech: “Givat Joav”
  • French: “Givat Yoav”
  • Hebrew: “גבעת יואב”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Givat Yoav”
  • Russian: “Гиват-Йоав”
  • Turkish: “Givat Yoav”
  • Vietnamese: “Givat Yoav”

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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 “Giv‘at Yo’av”. Photo: Lipaz667, CC BY-SA 4.0.