תל עובדיה
Al-'Ubaydiyya was a Palestinian Arab village in the Tiberias Subdistrict. It was depopulated during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War on March 3, 1948. It was located 11 km south of Tiberias, situated close to the Jordan River.Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Mound with an elevation of -209 metres
- Description: former village in the Jordan Valley
- Also known as: “Al-‘Ubaydiyya”, “Tel `Ovadya”, “Tel Ovadya”, “Tell Ubeidiya”, “Ubeidiya”, and “Ubeidiya, Tiberias”
Places of Interest
Highlights include El `Ubeidiya and Um Juni.
El `Ubeidiya
Ruins
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Ubeidiya, some 3 km south of the Sea of Galilee, in the Jordan Rift Valley, Israel, is an archaeological site of the early Pleistocene, c. 1.5 million years ago, preserving traces of one of the earliest migrations of Homo erectus out of Africa, with only the site of Dmanisi in Georgia being older.
Yardenit baptism site
Church
Photo: Star Mississippi, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Yardenit, also known as the Yardenit Baptismal Site, is a baptism site located along the Jordan River in the Galilee region of northern Israel, which is frequented by Christian pilgrims. Yardenit baptism site is situated 2½ km north of תל עובדיה.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Beit Zera and Afikim.
Beit Zera
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Beit Zera is a kibbutz in northern Israel. Located on the southern shore of the Sea of Galilee, it falls under the jurisdiction of Emek HaYarden Regional Council. As of 2024 it had a population of 876.
Afikim
Village
Afikim is an Israeli kibbutz affiliated with the Kibbutz Movement located in the Jordan Valley three kilometers from the Sea of Galilee. It is within the jurisdiction of the Emek HaYarden Regional Council. In 2024 it had a population of 1,140.
Degania Bet
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Degania Bet is a kibbutz in northern Israel. Located to the south of the Sea of Galilee adjacent to Degania Alef, it falls under the jurisdiction of Emek HaYarden Regional Council. Degania Bet was established in 1920. As of 2024, it had a population of 765.
תל עובדיה
- Categories: tell, former settlement, depopulated Palestinian village, and landform
- Location: Northern District, Israel, Middle East, Asia
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Urdu—“תל עובדיה” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “العبيدية، طبريا”
- Arabic: “العبيدية”
- Arabic: “تل العبيدية”
- Cebuano: “Tel ‘Ovadya”
- Hebrew: “Tel ‘Ovadya”
- Hebrew: “אל-עובדיה”
- Hebrew: “תל עובדיה”
- Persian: “العبیدیه”
- Russian: “Убайдия”
- Swedish: “Tel ‘Ovadya”
- Urdu: “العبیدیہ”
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Notable Places Nearby
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