Bar Yohai
Bar Yohai is a religious Jewish community settlement in northern Israel. Located near Mount Meron, it falls under the jurisdiction of Merom HaGalil Regional Council. as of 2023 its population was 1,161.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village with 1,070 residents
- Description: place in Northern District, Israel
- Also known as: “Bar Yoẖay” and “Bar Yuhay”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Mount Meron and Old Meron Synagogue.
Mount Meron
Peak
Photo: Lior, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Mount Meron, also known as Mount Jarmaq or Jebel Jarmaq, is a mountain in the Upper Galilee region of Israel. It has special significance in Jewish religious tradition and parts of it have been declared a nature reserve. Mount Meron is situated 3 km west of Bar Yohai.
Khirbet Shema
Archaeological site
Khirbet Shema is an archaeological site located in Israel at the foot of Mount Meron. It features the ruins of a large Jewish village of the Roman and Byzantine periods, including the remains of an ancient synagogue and a mausoleum.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Or HaGanuz and Meron.
Or HaGanuz
Village
Photo: קרלוס הגדול, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Or HaGanuz, sometimes Or Ganuz, is a community settlement in northern Israel. Located in the eastern Upper Galilee, about six kilometers northwest of the town of Safed, it falls under the jurisdiction of Merom HaGalil Regional Council.
Meron
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Meron or Meiron is a moshav in northern Israel. Located on the slopes of Mount Meron in the Upper Galilee near Safed, it falls under the jurisdiction of Merom HaGalil Regional Council.
Kfar Hoshen
Village
Photo: קרלוס הגדול, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Kfar Hoshen, also known as Safsufa, is a moshav in northern Israel. Located around four kilometres north of Meron, it falls under the jurisdiction of Merom HaGalil Regional Council. In 2023 it had a population of 917.
Bar Yohai
- Categories: community settlement, residential area, and locality
- Location: Northern District, Israel, Middle East, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
32.99711° or 32° 59′ 50″ northLongitude
35.44852° or 35° 26′ 55″ eastPopulation
1,070Elevation
704 metres (2,310 feet)Open location code
8G4QXCWX+RCOpenStreetMap ID
way 971608333OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=residentialOpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Czech to Turkish—“Bar Yohai” goes by many names.
- Czech: “Bar Jochaj”
- Czech: “Bar Yohai”
- Czech: “Bar Yohay”
- French: “Bar Yohai”
- Hebrew: “Bar Yoha’y”
- Hebrew: “Bar Yuẖay”
- Hebrew: “בר יוחאי”
- Hebrew: “בַּר יוֹחַאי”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Bar Yohai”
- Persian: “بار یوحای”
- Polish: “Bar Jochaj”
- Polish: “Bar Yochai”
- Turkish: “Bar Yohai”
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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 “Bar Yohai”. Photo: קרלוס הגדול, CC BY-SA 3.0.