Tel Megiddo National Park

Tel Megiddo is the site of the ancient city of Megiddo, the remains of which form a tell or archaeological mound, situated in northern at the western edge of the .
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  • Type: Protected area
  • Description: site of an ancient city in northern Israel’s Jezreel valley
  • Also known as: “Armageddon”, “Mageddo”, “Magedo”, “Meggido”, “Megiddo”, “Megiddo (stad)”, “Megidó”, “Megido Höyük”, “Megido Tepesi”, “Meguiddo”, “Meguiddó”, “Meguido”, “Monte de Megiddo”, “Monte di Meghiddo”, “Muntele Meghido”, “Parco nazionale di Tel Megiddo”, “Tall al Mutasallim”, “Tel el-Mutesillim”, “Tel Megiddo”, “Tel Megido”, “Tell el Mutasallim”, “Tell el-Mutesellim”, “Vale do Megido”, “Меґіддо”, “Национальный парк Тель Мегиддо”, “Национальный парк Тель Мегидо”, “Тел Мегидо”, “Тель-Мегіддо”, “הר מגידו”, “מגידו”, “メギッド”, “メギッドー”, and “美吉多”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Megiddo Prison.

Prison
Photo: Golf Bravo, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is an Israeli prison facility located near the . It has gained notoriety for reports of abuse and torture against Palestinian prisoners. is situated 1½ km south of Tel Megiddo National Park.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Megiddo and Midrakh Oz.

Village
Photo: אסף.צ, Public domain.
is a kibbutz in northern , built in 1949. Located in the , it falls under the jurisdiction of Regional Council. In 2024, it had a population of 969.

Village
Photo: Rav, Public domain.
is an agricultural moshav in northern . Located in the , it falls under the jurisdiction of Megiddo Regional Council. In 2024 it had a population of 833, both religious and secular Jews. is situated 2½ km northwest of Tel Megiddo National Park.

Village
Photo: Asafsagi, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a moshav in northern . Located around seven kilometres west of , it falls under the jurisdiction of Jezreel Valley Regional Council. In 2024 it had a population of 1,121. is situated 3½ km northeast of Tel Megiddo National Park.

Tel Megiddo National Park

Latitude
32.58548° or 32° 35′ 8″ north
Longitude
35.18407° or 35° 11′ 3″ east
Open location code
8G4QH5PM+5J
Open­Street­Map ID
way 394787428
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­archaeological_site
Wiki­data ID
Q208379
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In Other Languages

From Ancient Greek to Waray—“Tel Megiddo National Park” goes by many names.
  • Ancient Greek (to 1453): “Μαγεδδώ”
  • Arabic: “مجدو”
  • Arabic: “مجيدو”
  • Armenian: “Մեգիդո”
  • Basque: “Megiddo”
  • Basque: “Megido”
  • Belarusian: “Мегіда”
  • Bosnian: “Megido”
  • Bulgarian: “Мегидо”
  • Catalan: “Meguidó”
  • Cebuano: “Tel Megiddo”
  • Chinese: “米吉多”
  • Croatian: “Megido”
  • Czech: “Armagedon”
  • Czech: “Megido”
  • Dutch: “Megiddo”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “مجيدو”
  • Esperanto: “Megiddo”
  • Esperanto: “Megido”
  • Finnish: “Tel Megiddo”
  • French: “Megiddo”
  • Georgian: “მეგიდო”
  • German: “Megiddo”
  • Greek: “Μεγιδδώ”
  • Hebrew: “גן לאומי תל מגידו”
  • Hebrew: “תל מגידו”
  • Hungarian: “Megiddó”
  • Ido: “Megiddo”
  • Indonesian: “Lembah Tel Megiddo”
  • Indonesian: “Tel Megiddo”
  • Italian: “Megiddo”
  • Japanese: “メギド”
  • Kirghiz: “Мегиддо”
  • Korean: “메기도”
  • Korean: “무깃도”
  • Lithuanian: “Megidas”
  • Macedonian: “Мегидо”
  • Malagasy: “Megido”
  • Malagasy: “Megidô”
  • Mingrelian: “მეგიდო”
  • Mongolian: “Мегиддо”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Megiddo”
  • Norwegian: “Megiddo”
  • Panjabi: “ਟੇਲ ਮੇਗੀਡੋ”
  • Persian: “تل مگیدو”
  • Polish: “Megiddo”
  • Portuguese: “Megido”
  • Romanian: “Meghido”
  • Russian: “Мегиддо”
  • Sardinian: “Meghiddo”
  • Serbian: “Megido”
  • Serbian: “Мегидо”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Megido”
  • Slovak: “Megido”
  • Slovenian: “Megido”
  • Spanish: “Megido”
  • Swedish: “Megiddo”
  • Tagalog: “Tel Megiddo”
  • Turkish: “Megido Dağı”
  • Turkish: “Megido”
  • Ukrainian: “Мегіддо”
  • Vietnamese: “Tel Megiddo”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Tel Megiddo”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Assyrian Palace and Assyrian quarter.

Nearby Places

Places to explore: Ancient Megiddo Intersection and פינת אמיר.

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