Yarda
Yarda was a Palestinian hamlet in the Safad Subdistrict. It was depopulated during the 1947–1949 Palestine war. It was located 10.5 km northeast of Safad. The area is now part of Israel.Photo: Hanay, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Ruins
- Description: archaeological site in the Upper Galilee, Israel
- Also known as: “Hazor”, “Kh. Lôzîyeh”, “Kh. Wakkâs”, “Khirbet, Yarda”, “Loz”, “Tell el-Qedah”, and “Yarda, Safad”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Tel Hazor and Rosh Pina.
Tel Hazor
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Tel Hazor, translated in LXX as Hasōr, and in Arabic Tell Waqqas or Tell Qedah el-Gul, is an archaeological tell at the site of ancient Hazor, located in the Upper Galilee, north of the Sea of Galilee, in the northern Korazim Plateau. Tel Hazor is situated 2½ km northwest of Yarda.
Rosh Pina
Aerodrome
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Rosh Pina Airport, officially Isaac Ben Jacob Rosh Pina Airport, sometimes called Mahanayim Airport due to its proximity to Mahanayim, is an Israeli airport located in Rosh Pinna, near the Safed-Hatzor-Rosh Pina Industrial Park. Rosh Pina is situated 3½ km southwest of Yarda.
Jacob’s Ford
Ruins
Chastelet was a castle located beside Jacob's Ford, a ford of the upper Jordan River in Israel. The castle was built during the Crusades by the Knights Templar and the forces of the Kingdom of Jerusalem but was destroyed by the army of Saladin in 1179. Jacob’s Ford is situated 3 km east of Yarda.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Mishmar HaYarden and Ayelet HaShahar.
Mishmar HaYarden
Village
Photo: Hanay, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Mishmar HaYarden is a moshav in northern Israel. Located in the Korazim Plateau, on Highway 91 between Mahanayim and Gadot, it falls under the jurisdiction of Mevo'ot HaHermon Regional Council. In 2024 it had a population of 962.
Ayelet HaShahar
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Ayelet HaShahar is a kibbutz in northern Israel acquired in 1892 and settled in the second Aliyah, located on the Korazim Plateau, by the Rosh Pina – Metulla road, it is approximately 35 kilometres south of the city of Kiryat Shmona and falls under the jurisdiction of Upper Galilee Regional Council.
Gadot
Village
Gadot is a kibbutz in northern Israel. Located in the Korazim Plateau, it falls under the jurisdiction of Upper Galilee Regional Council. In 2024, it had a population of 472. Gadot is situated 2½ km northeast of Yarda.
Yarda
- Categories: farm, archaeological site, former settlement, water well, caravanserai, church, and historic site
- Location: Northern District, Israel, Middle East, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
33.00774° or 33° 0′ 28″ northLongitude
35.59399° or 35° 35′ 38″ eastOpen location code
8G5Q2H5V+3HOpenStreetMap ID
node 1765414166OpenStreetMap feature
historic=ruinsWikidata ID
Q8049270
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Urdu—“Yarda” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “ياردا (صفد)”
- Arabic: “ياردا”
- Hebrew: “חורבת ירדה”
- Hebrew: “חירבת יארדה”
- Indonesian: “Yarda, Safad”
- Persian: “یاردا”
- Urdu: “یاردا، صفد”
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