Bené Yehuda
Bnei Yehuda is an Israeli settlement organized as a moshav located in the southern Golan Heights, under the administration of Israel. The moshav was built in 1972 and falls under the municipal jurisdiction of the Golan Regional Council.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Email: bygolan@gmail.com
- Type: Village with 1,050 residents
- Description: moshav on the Golan Heights
- Also known as: “Bne Yehuda” and “Bnei Yehuda”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Fiq and Fik Runway.
Fiq
Ruins
Photo: Jakednb, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Fiq was a Syrian town in the Golan Heights that administratively belonged to Quneitra Governorate. It sat at an altitude of 349 meters and had a population of 2,800 in 1967. Fiq is situated 3 km southeast of Bené Yehuda.
Fik Runway
Aerodrome
Fik Airfield is an airfield in the Golan Heights, occupied by Israel, near the Israeli settlement and kibbutz Afik. The airfield is used for private aviation activity and operated by the Golan Regional Council. Fik Runway is situated 3½ km east of Bené Yehuda.
Ophir Viewpoint
Scenic viewpoint
Photo: Hanay, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Ophir Viewpoint is a scenic viewpoint, which is situated 3 km northwest of Bené Yehuda.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Giv‘at Yo’av and Neot Golan.
Giv‘at Yo’av
Village
Photo: Lipaz667, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Givat Yoav is an Israeli settlement organized as a moshav, located in the Golan Heights. The international community considers Israeli settlements in the Golan Heights illegal under international law, but the Israeli government disputes this.
Neot Golan
Village
Neot Golan is an Israeli settlement and moshav, in the southern Golan Heights, under the administration of Israel. It falls under the jurisdiction of Golan Regional Council, and had a population of 744 in 2023.
Afik
Village
Photo: יעקב, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Afik is an Israeli settlement organized as a kibbutz in the Golan Heights. It was established in 1972 close to the abandoned Syrian village of Fiq following Israel's capture and occupation of the Golan Heights in the 1973 Yom Kippur War.
Bené Yehuda
- Categories: moshav, Israeli settlement, and locality
- Location: Quneitra Governorate, Syria, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
32.79842° or 32° 47′ 54″ northLongitude
35.69022° or 35° 41′ 25″ eastPopulation
1,050Elevation
369 metres (1,211 feet)Inception
1972Open location code
8G4QQMXR+93OpenStreetMap ID
node 1656011601OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Bené Yehuda” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “بني يهودا”
- Czech: “Bene Yehuda”
- Czech: “Bnei Yehuda”
- Czech: “Bnej Jehuda”
- French: “Bnei Yehuda”
- Hebrew: “בני יהוד”
- Hebrew: “בני יהודה”
- Hebrew: “יישוב קהילתי בני יהודה”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Bnei Yehuda (Golanhøydene)”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Bnei Yehuda i Golanhøgdene”
- Norwegian: “Bnei Yehuda”
- Turkish: “Bney Yehuda”
- Vietnamese: “Bnei Yehuda, Golan Heights”
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