Kakun
Qaqun was a Palestinian Arab village located 6 kilometers northwest of the city of Tulkarm at the only entrance to Mount Nablus from the coastal Sharon plain.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Ruins
- Description: Palestinian Arab village in Tulkarm subdistrict
- Also known as: “Qaqun”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Utopia Park.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Gan Yoshiya and Ometz.
Gan Yoshiya
Village
Photo: Edenls, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Gan Yoshiya is a moshav in central Israel. Located near the Green Line in the Tulkarm area, it falls under the jurisdiction of Hefer Valley Regional Council. In 2023 it had a population of 989.
Ometz
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Ometz is a moshav in central Israel. Located in the coastal plain near Zemer, it falls under the jurisdiction of Hefer Valley Regional Council. In 2023 it had a population of 810.
HaMa’apil
Village
HaMa'apil is a kibbutz in central Israel. It is located near Ahituv within the jurisdiction of the Hefer Valley Regional Council. In 2023 it had a population of 932.
Kakun
- Categories: district, depopulated Palestinian village, human settlement, village, former settlement, and historic site
- Location: Central District, Israel, Middle East, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
32.35941° or 32° 21′ 34″ northLongitude
34.99521° or 34° 59′ 43″ eastOpen location code
8G4P9X5W+Q3OpenStreetMap ID
node 931685512OpenStreetMap feature
historic=ruinsWikidata ID
Q2919625
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Urdu—“Kakun” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “قاقون”
- Arabic: “قرية قاقون”
- Chinese: “夸昆”
- Chinese: “誇昆”
- Hebrew: “קאקון”
- Hebrew: “קקון”
- Hebrew: “תל קאקון”
- Hebrew: “תל קקון”
- Indonesian: “Qaqun”
- Japanese: “カクン”
- Russian: “Какун (деревня)”
- Russian: “Какун”
- South Azerbaijani: “کاکون”
- Turkish: “Kakun”
- Urdu: “قاقون”
Places with the Same Name
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Tel Kakun Lookout and Tel Kakun National Park.
Nearby Places
Explore places such as Memorial to the Kakun Fallen and Road 5803/Gan Yeshaya.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Kakun”. Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.