Ein Nekofa
Ein Nekofa is a spring in Jerusalem District, Israel. Ein Nekofa is situated nearby to the town Mevaseret Tsiyon, as well as near the village Mevaseret Zion.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Spring
- Description: spring in Israel
- Also known as: “`En Neqofa”, “En Nekofa”, and “עין גרוסמן”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Castel National Park and עין המסייעת.
Castel National Park
Protected area
Photo: אסף.צ, Public domain.
Castel National Park is an Israeli national park, which consists of a fortified summit in the Judean Mountains, at the site of the former Palestinian village of Al-Qastal, known to Hebrew-speakers as HaCástel, "the Cástel".
The Kastel
Monument
Photo: אסף.צ, Public domain.
Al-Qastal was a Palestinian village located eight kilometers west of Jerusalem and named for a Crusader castle located on the hilltop. Used during the 1948 Arab–Israeli War as a military base by the Army of the Holy War, virtually all of its residents fled during the fighting and the village was eventually captured by the Palmach.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Mevaseret Zion and Beit Surik.
Mevaseret Zion
Village
Photo: Agmonsnir, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Mevaseret Zion is a town and local council located 10 km to the west of Jerusalem, straddling both sides of the Jerusalem–Tel Aviv highway. Mevaseret Zion is composed of two distinct older townships, Maoz Zion and Mevaseret Yerushalayim, under the jurisdiction of one local council.
Beit Surik
Village
Photo: יעקב, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Beit Surik is a Palestinian village in the Jerusalem Governorate, located 12 kilometers Northwest of Jerusalem in the northern West Bank. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the town had a population of 4,025 in 2017.
Beit Nekofa
Village
Photo: Idobi, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Beit Nekofa is a moshav in central Israel. Located in the Jerusalem Corridor, about 10 km west of central Jerusalem, next to Highway 1 and the Hemed Interchange, between Mevaseret Zion and Kiryat Ye'arim, south of Kiryat Anavim, it falls under the jurisdiction of Mateh Yehuda Regional Council.
Ein Nekofa
- Category: body of water
- Location: Jerusalem District, Israel, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
31.80895° or 31° 48′ 32″ northLongitude
35.14303° or 35° 8′ 35″ eastElevation
691 metres (2,267 feet)Open location code
8G3QR45V+H6OpenStreetMap ID
node 2853099864OpenStreetMap feature
natural=spring
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Swedish—“Ein Nekofa” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “عين نقوبا”
- Cebuano: “‘En Neqofa”
- Hebrew: “‘En Neqofa”
- Hebrew: “עין ג’מיל”
- Hebrew: “עין נקופה”
- Swedish: “‘En Neqofa”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Mevaseret Tsiyon and Maoz Ziyyon.
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