Giv’at Avni
Giv'at Avni is a community settlement in northern Israel. Located adjacent to the Sea of Galilee and Tiberias, it falls under the jurisdiction of Lower Galilee Regional Council. In 2023 it had a population of 2,137.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Asafsagi, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Village with 2,050 residents
- Description: human settlement in Israel
- Also known as: “Givat Avni”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Hodayot and Lubya.
Hodayot
Community center
Photo: Almog, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Hodayot is a religious boarding school and youth village in northern Israel. Located to the west of the Sea of Galilee, it falls under the jurisdiction of Lower Galilee Regional Council. In 2023 it had a population of 133.
Lubya
Ruins
Photo: Hanay, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Lubya, sometimes referred to as Lubia, Lubieh and Loubieh, was a Palestinian Arab town located ten kilometers west of Tiberias that was captured, ethnically cleansed, and destroyed by Israel during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War where its residents were forcefully evacuated and became refugees.
Karnei Hittin
Peak
Photo: Zeromancer44, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Horns of Hattin is an extinct volcano with twin peaks overlooking the plains of Hattin in the Lower Galilee, Israel. It is most famous as the site of the Battle of Hattin. Karnei Hittin is situated 3½ km northeast of Giv’at Avni.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Lavi and Sde Ilan.
Lavi
Village
Lavi is a kibbutz in northern Israel. Located 310 meters above sea level and 10 minutes from Tiberias, it falls under the jurisdiction of Lower Galilee Regional Council. In 2023 it had a population of 631.
Sde Ilan
Village
Photo: Almog, Public domain.
Sde Ilan is a religious moshav in northern Israel. Located to the west of Tiberias, it falls under the jurisdiction of Lower Galilee Regional Council. In 2023 it had a population of 744. Sde Ilan is situated 3 km southwest of Giv’at Avni.
Ilaniya
Village
Photo: Ravit, Public domain.
Ilaniya is a moshav in northern Israel. Also known as Sejera, after the adjacent Arab village al-Shajara, it was the first Jewish settlement in the Lower Galilee and played an important role in the Jewish settlement of the Galilee from its early years until the 1948 Arab–Israeli War. Ilaniya is situated 3½ km southwest of Giv’at Avni.
Giv’at Avni
- Categories: community settlement and locality
- Location: Northern District, Israel, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
32.77446° or 32° 46′ 28″ northLongitude
35.43837° or 35° 26′ 18″ eastPopulation
2,050Elevation
284 metres (932 feet)Open location code
8G4QQCFQ+Q8OpenStreetMap ID
node 278623455OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
8140105Wikidata ID
Q2777301
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Turkish—“Giv’at Avni” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “غفعات أفني”
- Czech: “Giv’at Avni”
- Czech: “Givat Avni”
- French: “Giv’at Avni”
- Hebrew: “Giv‘at Avni”
- Hebrew: “גבעת אבני”
- Hebrew: “גִּבְעַת אַבְנִי”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Giv’at Avni”
- Polish: “Giv’at Avni”
- Polish: “Giwat Awni”
- Russian: “Гиват-Авни”
- Turkish: “Giv’at Avni”
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