Sheikh Dannun

Sheikh Dannun is a village in , . Sheikh Dannun is situated nearby to the village , as well as near .

Places of Interest

Highlights include El Ghabisiya and Tel Kabri.

Ruins
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Al-Ghabisiyya was a Palestinian Arab village in northern Palestine, 16 km north-east of in present-day . It was depopulated by the Israel Defense Forces during the 1948 Palestinian expulsion and remains deserted.

Archaeological site
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, or Tell al-Qahweh, is an archaeological tell containing one of the largest Middle Bronze Age Canaanite palaces in , and the largest such palace excavated as of 2014.

Hospital
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, abbreviated GMC, is a located in the coastal city of and is the second largest hospital in northern Israel. It was established in 1956. is situated 3½ km northwest of Sheikh Dannun.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Sheikh Danun and Netiv HaShayara.

Village
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Sheikh Dannun; also transliterated as and Sheikh Danon) is an Arab village located in 's . Since 1948, it has been made up of two old villages – Shaykh Danun and Shaykh Dawud – which were merged, and are now jointly referred to as Sheikh Dannun.

Village
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is a moshav in northern . Located near , it falls under the jurisdiction of Mateh Asher Regional Council. In 2024 it had a population of 463.

Village
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, also Amqa, is a moshav in the Matte Asher Regional Council of Israel's , near Acre. The moshav, located in the vicinity of Amqa, a Palestinian village depopulated during the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, was founded by Yemenite Jews in 1949.

Sheikh Dannun

Latitude
32.99432° or 32° 59′ 40″ north
Longitude
35.14792° or 35° 8′ 53″ east
Open location code
8G4QX4VX+P5
Open­Street­Map ID
node 278470447
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Swedish—“Sheikh Dannun” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “الشيخ دنون‎”
  • Czech: “Šejch Danun”
  • French: “Sheikh Danun”
  • German: “Sheikh Dannun”
  • Hebrew: “שייח דנון”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Sheikh Danun”
  • Polish: “Szajch Dannun”
  • Swedish: “Esh Sheikh Dannūn”

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