Yonatan
Yonatan is an Israeli settlement and moshav located in the central Golan Heights. Initially a moshav shitufi, it underwent a privatization process to become a community settlement.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Village with 745 residents
- Description: moshav in Golan Heights
- Also known as: “Yonatan, Golan Heights”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Rujm el-Hiri and Giv’at Bezek.
Rujm el-Hiri
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Rujm el-Hiri or Gilgal Refaim, and also known as the Wheel of Giants, is an ancient stone, or megalithic, structure consisting of concentric circles of stone with a tumulus, a mound of earth and stone, at its center. Rujm el-Hiri is situated 3 km south of Yonatan.
Giv’at Bezek
Peak
Photo: Orfia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Giv’at Bezek is a peak, which is situated 4 km southwest of Yonatan.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Keshet and Aniam.
Keshet
Village
Photo: yanshoof, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Keshet is an Israeli settlement in the Golan Heights, organized as a moshav shitufi. It was established in 1974 after the Yom Kippur War by young activists near the Syrian city of Quneitra, which had been occupied and subsequently razed to the ground in the Six-Day War. Keshet is situated 5 km north of Yonatan.
Aniam
Village
Yonatan
- Categories: moshav, Israeli settlement, residential area, and locality
- Location: Quneitra Governorate, Syria, Middle East, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
32.93703° or 32° 56′ 13″ northLongitude
35.79397° or 35° 47′ 38″ eastPopulation
745Elevation
550 metres (1,804 feet)Open location code
8G4QWQPV+RHOpenStreetMap ID
way 92005691OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=residentialOpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Czech to Vietnamese—“Yonatan” goes by many names.
- Czech: “Jonatan”
- Czech: “Yonatan”
- French: “Yonatan”
- Hebrew: “יונתן”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Yonatan i Golanhøgdene”
- Turkish: “Yonatan (Golan Tepeleri)”
- Urdu: “یوناتان، گولان ہائٹس”
- Vietnamese: “Yonatan, Golan Heights”
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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 “Yonatan”. Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 3.0.