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.
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  • 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 Ben Ya‘ akov Airport.

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, 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 , north of the , in the northern Korazim Plateau. is situated 2½ km northwest of Yarda.

Aerodrome
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Rosh Pina Airport, officially Isaac Ben Jacob Rosh Pina Airport, sometimes called Mahanayim Airport due to its proximity to , is an Israeli airport located in , near the Safed-Hatzor-Rosh Pina Industrial Park. is situated 3½ km southwest of Yarda.

Ruins
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Chastelet, also known as Beytulahzan, was a castle located beside Jacob's Ford, a ford of the upper in . 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. is situated 3 km east of Yarda.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Mishmar HaYarden and Ayelet HaShahar.

Village
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is a moshav in northern . Located in the Korazim Plateau, on Highway 91 between and , it falls under the jurisdiction of Mevo'ot HaHermon Regional Council. In 2024 it had a population of 962.

Village
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is a kibbutz in northern acquired in 1892 and settled in the second Aliyah, located on the Korazim Plateau, by the – Metulla road, it is approximately 35 kilometres south of the city of and falls under the jurisdiction of Upper Galilee Regional Council.

Village
is a kibbutz in northern . Located in the Korazim Plateau, it falls under the jurisdiction of Upper Galilee Regional Council. In 2024, it had a population of 472. is situated 2½ km northeast of Yarda.

Yarda

Latitude
33.00774° or 33° 0′ 28″ north
Longitude
35.59399° or 35° 35′ 38″ east
Open location code
8G5Q2H5V+3H
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1765414166
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­ruins
Wiki­data ID
Q8049270
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Satellite Map

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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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