Gilon
Gilon is a community settlement in northern Israel. Located in the Lower Galilee on Mount Gilon seven kilometres west of Karmiel, it falls under the jurisdiction of Misgav Regional Council. In 2023 it had a population of 1,221.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Rav, Public domain.
Places of Interest
Highlights include HaYonim Cave and חורבת ראש זית.
HaYonim Cave
Cave
Photo: מנוף, CC BY-SA 4.0.
HaYonim Cave is a cave located in a limestone bluff about 250 meters above modern sea level, in the Upper Galilee, Israel. HaYonim Cave is situated 3 km northwest of Gilon.
חורבת ראש זית
Ruins
Photo: Aaadir, CC BY-SA 4.0.
חורבת ראש זית is a ruins, which is situated 2½ km south of Gilon.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Sha’ab and Tzurit.
Sha’ab
Village
Sha'ab is an Arab town and local council in the Northern District of Israel. It has an area of 5,442 dunams of land under its jurisdiction. In 2023 its population was 7,645.
Tzurit
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Tzurit is a community settlement in northern Israel. Located in the western Galilee region, west of Karmiel, it falls under the jurisdiction of Misgav Regional Council. In 2023 it had a population of 912.
Shorashim
Village
Photo: Hanay, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Shorashim is a community settlement in northern Israel. Located in the lower Galilee and affiliated with the Conservative movement, it falls under the jurisdiction of Misgav Regional Council. In 2023 its population was 589. Shorashim is situated 2½ km southeast of Gilon.
Gilon
- Type: Village with 1,090 residents
- Description: Israeli village
- Categories: community settlement and locality
- Location: Northern District, Israel, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
32.9029° or 32° 54′ 11″ northLongitude
35.23546° or 35° 14′ 8″ eastPopulation
1,090Elevation
289 metres (948 feet)Open location code
8G4QW63P+55OpenStreetMap ID
node 732597776OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
8310823Wikidata ID
Q2890311
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In Other Languages
From Czech to Turkish—“Gilon” goes by many names.
- Czech: “Gilon”
- Dutch: “Gilon”
- French: “Gilon”
- Hebrew: “גילון”
- Hebrew: “גִּילוֹן”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Gilon”
- Polish: “Gilon”
- Turkish: “Gilon”
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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 “Gilon”. Photo: Rav, Public domain.