Jezreel Valley
The Jezreel Valley, or Marj ibn Amir is a large fertile plain and inland valley in the Northern District of Israel. It is bordered to the north by the highlands of the Lower Galilee, to the south by the highlands of Samaria, to the west and northwest by the Mount Carmel range, and to the east by the Jordan Valley, with Mount Gilboa marking its southern extent.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Essential Destinations
Top destinations include Afula and Kibbutz Geva.
Afula
Photo: קהילות יעקב, Public domain.
Afula is a medium-sized town in the northern Israel. It is the largest city in the Jezreel Valley and the capital of that region.
Kibbutz Geva
Photo: Matanya, Public domain.
Geva is a kibbutz in the Jezreel Valley in Israel. Located near the city of Afula, it falls under the jurisdiction of Gilboa Regional Council. In 2023 it had a population of 633.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Megiddo Airport and Afula Military Cemetery.
Megiddo Airport
Aerodrome
Photo: Oyoyoy, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Megiddo Airfield, known as Shachar 7 by the Israel Defense Forces, is an Israeli airfield located in the Jezreel Valley near Tel Megiddo and 3 km southwest of Afula.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Nir Yafeh and Merkaz Omen.
Nir Yafeh
Village
Photo: Almog, Public domain.
Nir Yafe is a moshav in northern Israel. Located in the Ta'anakh region, it falls under the jurisdiction of Gilboa Regional Council. In 2023 it had a population of 685.
Merkaz Omen
Village
Photo: Easy n, Public domain.
Merkaz Omen, also Omen, is a community settlement in northern Israel.
HaYogev
Village
Photo: Asafsagi, CC BY-SA 3.0.
HaYogev is a moshav in northern Israel. Located around seven kilometres west of Afula, it falls under the jurisdiction of Jezreel Valley Regional Council. In 2023 it had a population of 1,036.
Jezreel Valley
- Type: Valley
- Description: valley in Israel
- Also known as: “Esdraëlon”, “Esdraelon Valley”, “Jezre’el Valley”, “Valley of Esdraelon”, “Valley of Jezreel”, “Valley of Yizrael”, and “Yizrael Valley”
- Category: landform
- Location: Israel, Middle East, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
32.5975° or 32° 35′ 51″ northLongitude
35.2459° or 35° 14′ 45″ eastOpen location code
8G4QH6WW+X9OpenStreetMap ID
node 3840336972OpenStreetMap feature
natural=valleyWikidata ID
Q763829
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Yiddish—“Jezreel Valley” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “مرج ابن عامر”
- Arabic: “مرج بن عامر”
- Basque: “Jezreel Harana”
- Basque: “Jezreeleko Harana”
- Basque: “Jezreelgo harana”
- Belarusian: “Ізрэельская даліна”
- Catalan: “Emeq Jizrael”
- Catalan: “Plana d’Esdreló”
- Catalan: “Vall de Jezreel”
- Catalan: “Vall de Jizreel”
- Central Kurdish: “دۆڵی یەزرەییل”
- Chinese: “耶列斯山谷”
- Chinese: “耶斯列山谷”
- Chinese: “耶斯列谷”
- Czech: “Emek Jizre’el”
- Czech: “Jezreelské údolí”
- Czech: “Jizre’elské údolí”
- Czech: “Jizreelské údolí”
- Dutch: “Jezreelvallei”
- Dutch: “Jezreëlvallei”
- Dutch: “Jiszreel”
- Dutch: “Jiszreël”
- Dutch: “Jizreel”
- Dutch: “Jizreël”
- Dutch: “Jizreelvallei”
- Dutch: “Jizreëlvallei”
- Dutch: “Vlakte van Jezreel”
- Dutch: “Vlakte van Jezreël”
- Dutch: “Vlakte van Jizreel”
- Dutch: “Vlakte van Jizreël”
- Egyptian Arabic: “مرج ابن عامر”
- Esperanto: “Valo de Jizre’el”
- Esperanto: “Valo de Jizreel”
- Finnish: “Jisreelin tasanko”
- French: “Vallee de Jezreel”
- French: “vallée de Jezreel”
- French: “Vallée de Jezreel”
- French: “Vallée de Jezréel”
- French: “Vallée de la Jezréel”
- German: “Esdrelon”
- German: “Jesre’elebene”
- German: “Jesreel-Ebene”
- German: “Jesreelebene”
- German: “Jesreʿel-Ebene”
- Hebrew: “עמק יזרעאל והר הגלבוע”
- Hebrew: “עמק יזרעאל”
- Hungarian: “Jezréel-völgy”
- Indonesian: “Lembah Jezreel”
- Italian: “Piana di Esdraelon”
- Italian: “Piana di Esdrelon”
- Italian: “Piana di Izreel”
- Italian: “Valle di Izreel”
- Italian: “Valle di Jezreel”
- Japanese: “エズレル平野”
- Korean: “이스르엘 골짜기”
- Ladin: “Jezreel Valley”
- Macedonian: “Јизреелска Долина”
- Malagasy: “Lohasahan‘ i Jezreel”
- Malagasy: “Lohasahan’ i Jezreel”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Jesreeldalen”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Jisreeldalen”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Jezreeldalen”
- Norwegian: “Jisreeldalen”
- Persian: “مرج ابن عامر”
- Polish: “Dolina Jezreel”
- Polish: “Dolina Jizreel”
- Portuguese: “Jezreel”
- Portuguese: “Jizreel”
- Portuguese: “Planície de Esdrelão”
- Portuguese: “Vale de Jezreel”
- Portuguese: “Vale de Jizreel”
- Romanian: “Valea Iezreel”
- Romanian: “Valea Izreel”
- Russian: “Долина Мегиддо”
- Russian: “Ездрилонская долина”
- Russian: “Изреельская долина”
- Russian: “Изреэль”
- Russian: “Изреэльская долина”
- Slovak: “Emek Jizre’el”
- Slovak: “Emek Jizreel”
- Slovak: “Ezdralonská rovina”
- Slovak: “Jezraelská rovina”
- Slovenian: “dolina Jezreelska”
- Slovenian: “Jezreel”
- Slovenian: “Jezreelska dolina”
- Spanish: “Esdrelon”
- Spanish: “Esdrelón”
- Spanish: “Jeezrael”
- Spanish: “Llanura de Esdrelon”
- Spanish: “Llanura de Esdrelón”
- Spanish: “Valle de Esdrelon”
- Spanish: “Valle de Esdrelón”
- Spanish: “Valle de Jezrael”
- Spanish: “Valle de Jezreel”
- Swedish: “Jezreelslätten”
- Turkish: “Emir Vadisi”
- Ukrainian: “Долина Їзреел”
- Ukrainian: “Долина Їзреель”
- Ukrainian: “Їзреельська долина”
- Urdu: “وادی یزرعیل”
- Western Panjabi: “وادی یزرعیل”
- Yiddish: “יזרעאל טאל דיסטריקט”
- Yiddish: “יזרעאל טאל”
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