Yokneam Illit
Yokneam Illit is a town in Northern District, Israel and has about 22,700 residents. Yokneam Illit is situated nearby to the suburb Shaar Hagai, as well as near the village Yokneam Moshava.Places of Interest
Highlights include Tennis center Yokne’am and Rakefet Cave.
Tennis center Yokne’am
Pitch
Photo: המרכז לטניס בישראל, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Tennis center Yokne’am is a pitch.
Rakefet Cave
Cave
Raqefet Cave is a Late Natufian archaeological site located in Mount Carmel in the north of Israel.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Yokneam Illit and Yokneam Moshava.
Yokneam Illit
Town
Photo: אלמוג, Public domain.
Yokneam Illit, also Yoqne'am Illit, is a city in the Northern District of Israel. It is located in a hilly region of the Lower Galilee at the base of the Carmel Mountains, and overlooks the Jezreel Valley.
Yokneam Moshava
Village
Photo: Rav, Public domain.
Yokneam is a moshava in the Northern District of Israel. Located on the outskirts of the city of Yokneam Illit on the border of the Jezreel Valley and the Menashe Heights, it falls under the jurisdiction of the Megiddo Regional Council and is administrated by a local committee which is elected every five years.
Ein HaEmek
Village
Photo: Zoltan Kluger, Public domain.
Ein HaEmek is a community settlement in northern Israel. Located near Yokneam, it falls under the jurisdiction of Megiddo Regional Council. In 2024 it had a population of 802.
Yokneam Illit
- Type: Town with 22,700 residents
- Also known as: “Yoqneam Illit”
- Categories: residential area and locality
- Location: Northern District, Israel, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
32.64903° or 32° 38′ 57″ northLongitude
35.09187° or 35° 5′ 31″ eastPopulation
22,700Elevation
151 metres (495 feet)Inception
1950Open location code
8G4QJ3XR+JPOpenStreetMap ID
way 632580316OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=residentialOpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Russian—“Yokneam Illit” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “يوكنعام عيليت”
- French: “Yokneam Illit”
- Hebrew: “יוקנעם עילית”
- Russian: “Йокнеам-Илит”
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