Deir al Asad
Deir al-Asad is an Arab village in the Galilee region of Israel, near Karmiel. Together with the adjacent village of Bi'ina it formed the site of the Crusader monastery town of St.Places of Interest
Highlights include Karmiel and Horvat Tefen.
Karmiel
Railway station
Photo: Itaygur, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Karmiel railway station is an Israel Railways passenger terminal in Karmiel, Israel. It is located at the eastern terminus of the Railway to Karmiel. Karmiel is situated 3 km southeast of Deir al Asad.
Horvat Tefen
Archaeological site
Horvat Tefen or Qal'at et-Tufaniya, alternatively Tefen Fortress, is an archaeological site in the Western Galilee region of northern Israel. Located on a mountain ridge approximately 16 kilometres from the coastal city of Acre, the site contains the remains of a short-lived hilltop fort dating to the early 1st century BCE.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bi’ina and Majd al-Krum.
Bi’ina
Village
Bi'ina is an Arab town in the Northern District of Israel. It is located east of Acre. In 2003, Bi'ina merged with Majd al-Krum and Deir al-Asad to form the city of Shaghur, but was reinstated as a local council in 2008 after Shaghur was dissolved.
Majd al-Krum
Village
Photo: Al Ameer son, Public domain.
Majd al-Krum is an Arab town located in the Galilee in Israel's Northern District about 16 kilometers east of Acre. Its inhabitants are primarily Muslim.
Deir al Asad
- Type: Town
- Category: locality
- Location: Northern District, Israel, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
32.93477° or 32° 56′ 5″ northLongitude
35.26683° or 35° 16′ 1″ eastOpen location code
8G4QW7M8+WPOpenStreetMap ID
node 278476858OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Russian—“Deir al Asad” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “دير الأسد”
- French: “Deir al-Asad”
- German: “Deir al-Asad”
- Hebrew: “דיר אל אסד”
- Russian: “Дейр-аль-Асад”
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