Umm al-Ghanam
Shibli–Umm al-Ghanam is an Arab Bedouin town at the foot of Mount Tabor in Israel's Northern District. Originally called Arab al-Subayh, In 2024 it had a population of 6,476.Places of Interest
Highlights include Mount Tabor and Basilica of the Transfiguration.
Mount Tabor
Peak
Mount Tabor, sometimes spelled Mount Thabor, is a large hill of biblical significance in the Lower Galilee, Israel, at the eastern end of the Jezreel Valley, 18 kilometres west of the Sea of Galilee.
Basilica of the Transfiguration
Church
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The Church of the Transfiguration is a Franciscan church located on Mount Tabor in Israel. It is traditionally believed to be the site where the Transfiguration of Jesus took place, an event in the Gospels in which Jesus is transfigured upon an unnamed mountain and speaks with Moses and Elijah.
Kadoorie
School
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Kadoorie Agricultural High School, sometimes spelled "Kadouri" or "Kaduri", is an agricultural school and youth village in Israel situated next to Mount Tabor in the Lower Galilee, two kilometers north of Kfar Tavor. Kadoorie is situated 3½ km northeast of Umm al-Ghanam.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Daburiyya and Kfar Tavor.
Daburiyya
Village
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Daburiyya, also Deburieh or Dabburieh, is an Arab local council around 8 kilometres east of Nazareth in Israel's Northern District. Daburriya gained local council status in 1961. Daburiyya is situated 2½ km northwest of Umm al-Ghanam.
Kfar Tavor
Village
Kfar Tavor is a village in the Lower Galilee region of Northern Israel, at the foot of Mount Tabor. Founded in 1901, it was awarded local council status in 1949. In 2024 it had a population of 4,276. As of 2022, nearly all of its citizens are Jewish. Kfar Tavor is situated 3 km northeast of Umm al-Ghanam.
Umm al-Ghanam
- Type: Village
- Also known as: “Um el Ghanem” and “Umm-Alghanam”
- Category: locality
- Location: Northern District, Israel, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
32.67585° or 32° 40′ 33″ northLongitude
35.39187° or 35° 23′ 31″ eastOpen location code
8G4QM9GR+8POpenStreetMap ID
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Russian—“Umm al-Ghanam” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “أم الغنم”
- Czech: “Šiblí – Umm al-Ghanam”
- French: “Shibli-Umm al-Ghanam”
- Hebrew: “שבלי - אום אל-גנם”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Shibli-Umm al-Ghanam”
- Polish: “Szibli-Umm al-Ganam”
- Russian: “Шибли-Умм-эль-Ганам”
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