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Quneitra Governorate

Afik

Afik is an Israeli settlement organized as a kibbutz in the . It was established in 1972 close to the abandoned village of following Israel's capture and occupation of the Golan Heights in the 1973 Yom Kippur War.
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Fiq and Fik Runway.

Ruins
Photo: Jakednb, CC BY-SA 3.0.
was a town in the that administratively belonged to . It sat at an altitude of 349 meters and had a population of 2,800 in 1967.

Aerodrome
Fik Airfield is an airfield in the , occupied by , near the Israeli settlement and kibbutz Afik. The airfield has been used to test drones, including by . is situated 2½ km northeast of Afik.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Neot Golan and Bené Yehuda.

Village
is an Israeli settlement and moshav, in the southern , under the administration of . It falls under the jurisdiction of Golan Regional Council, and had a population of 744 in 2023.

Village
Bnei Yehuda is an Israeli settlement organized as a moshav located in the southern , under the administration of . The moshav was built in 1972 and falls under the municipal jurisdiction of the Golan Regional Council.

Village
Photo: Lipaz667, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Givat Yoav is an Israeli settlement organized as a moshav, located in the . The international community considers Israeli settlements in the Golan Heights illegal under international law, but the Israeli government disputes this. is situated 3 km northwest of Afik.

Afik

Latitude
32.77886° or 32° 46′ 44″ north
Longitude
35.70157° or 35° 42′ 6″ east
Population
295
Elevation
332 metres (1,089 feet)
Inception
1972
Open location code
8G4QQPH2+GJ
Open­Street­Map ID
way 91667896
Open­Street­Map feature
landuse=­residential
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
11049556
Wiki­data ID
Q285260
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Afik” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “أفيق”
  • Catalan: “Afiq”
  • Czech: “Afik”
  • Dutch: “Afik”
  • French: “Afik”
  • Hebrew: “אפיק”
  • Japanese: “アフィク”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Afik”
  • Polish: “Afik”
  • Russian: “Афик”
  • Spanish: “Afik”
  • Turkish: “Afik”
  • Vietnamese: “Afik”

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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 “Afik”. Photo: יעקב, CC BY-SA 3.0.