Middle East
Israel
Northern District

Gitta

Gita is a communal settlement in northern . Located near , and Yirka, it falls under the jurisdiction of Ma'ale Yosef Regional Council. In 2023 it had a population of 274.
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  • Type: Village with 291 residents
  • Description: place in Northern Israel
  • Also known as: “Gita” and “Gita, Israel”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Tefen cave and Yehi’am Fortress.

Cave
Photo: SAGI.SUL, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Castle
Photo: Bukvoed, CC BY 3.0.
Khirbat Jiddin, known in the Kingdom of Jerusalem as Judin, was an Ottoman fortress in the western , originally built by the Teutonic Order after 1220 as a crusader castle, 16 km northeast of the city of Acre, which at the time was the capital of the Kingdom of Jerusalem. is situated 4 km northwest of Gitta.

Protected area
Photo: Bukvoed, CC BY 3.0.
Yehi'am Fortress National Park is an Israeli national park in western on the grounds of , whose main attractions are the ruins of a hilltop castle in Jiddin. is situated 4 km northwest of Gitta.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Lapidot and Yanuh-Jat.

Village
Photo: SAGI.SUL, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a moshav in northern . Located near and , it falls under the jurisdiction of Ma'ale Yosef Regional Council. In 2023 it had a population of 139.

Village
Photo: יעקב, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Yanuh–Jat is an Israeli Druze village and local council in the of , northeast of , consisting of the villages of Yanuh and Jat, which merged in 1990. In 2023 it had a population of 6,875, all members of the Druze community.

Village
Kishorit is a kibbutz in northern . Located in the Galilee near , it falls under the jurisdiction of . In 2023 it had a population of 226. Its members are all disabled adults.

Gitta

Latitude
32.96725° or 32° 58′ 2″ north
Longitude
35.24907° or 35° 14′ 57″ east
Population
291
Elevation
435 metres (1,427 feet)
Open location code
8G4QX68X+VJ
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1255386590
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
8066327
Wiki­data ID
Q2776838
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Turkish—“Gitta” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “غيتا”
  • Arabic: “غيتاه (إسرائيل)”
  • Arabic: “غيتاه”
  • Czech: “Gita”
  • Czech: “Gitta”
  • French: “Gita”
  • Hebrew: “גיתה”
  • Hebrew: “גתה”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Gita i Israel”
  • Polish: “Gita”
  • Polish: “Gitta”
  • Russian: “Гита”
  • Turkish: “Gita”

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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 “Gitta”. Photo: Bienchido, CC BY-SA 3.0.