Route 864 (Israel)
Route 864 is a north-south regional highway in the Galilee in northern Israel. It begins in the south at Rameh junction with Highway 85 and ends in the north at Hosen junction with Highway 89. Description of the route * The route begins in the south at Rameh junction with Highway 85 near Rameh. Near this junction is another junction from which one may continue southward on Route 804. *About 4 km into the sloped route, an access road turns east into Beit Jan. *Half a km further west, an access road turns west into Harashim. * Route 864 continues north about 3 km to Peki'in/ Boki'a. * About 1 km further north, Route 8655 turns west into Peki'in Hadasha, Kfar Sumi'a and Kisra. * 3 km northwest of the Route 8655 junction, Route 864 ends at Hosen junction in Hosen with Highway 89. From just south of Peki'in until its northern terminus in Hosen, the route follows approximately the path of the Peki'in Creek, which lies to the west of the road. See also ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Highway 89 (Israel)
Highway 89 is a major east–west highway in the Upper Galilee and Western Galilee in northern Israel. It begins in the west in Nahariya and continues east to Ma'alot-Tarshiha, Safed, Hatzor HaGlilit and Rosh Pina, crossing the entire Galilee. It is 58 kilometers long The route begins in the west at Nahariya junction with Highway 4 and continues east past a number of moshavim, kibbutzim and villages until it reaches Ma'alot-Tarshiha. Afterward the road continues to Meron mountain, where it turns south toward Safed and passes south of the city. It continues east toward its eastern terminus, a junction with Highway 90 at Elifelet See also *List of highways in Israel This is a list of Israeli highways. Besides highways in Israel proper, it includes highways in the West Bank and the Golan Heights, because the Israeli administration maintains them in these areas. There are 48 designated Israeli highways. Most of ... Driving on the highway from west to east(video) {{coord ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Harashim
Harashim ( he, חֲרָשִׁים, , Craftsmen) is a community settlement in northern Israel. Located in the Upper Galilee to the north of Karmiel, it falls under the jurisdiction of Misgav Regional Council. In it had a population of . Its elevation is . Harashim is the wettest inhabited place in Israel. History The village was established in 1980 as part of the Galilee lookout plan to encourage Jewish settlement in the region. Its name is derived from nearby Tel Harashim, an Iron Age Jewish village where it is believed the inhabitants worked as blacksmiths. Geography Climate Harashim has a Mediterranean climate (Köppen climate classification The Köppen climate classification is one of the most widely used climate classification systems. It was first published by German-Russian climatologist Wladimir Köppen (1846–1940) in 1884, with several later modifications by Köppen, notabl ...: ''Csa'') with hot, dry summers and cool, rainy and occasionally snowy winters. The v ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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List Of Highways In Israel
This is a list of Israeli highways. Besides highways in Israel proper, it includes highways in the West Bank and the Golan Heights, because the Israeli administration maintains them in these areas. There are 48 designated Israeli highways. Most of these are open-access arterial expressways, which may be entered from ordinary junctions. Some are limited-access freeways, which may be entered from interchanges. Six highways are freeways, six are partially limited-access freeways and partially expressways, and the other 35 are expressways. There is only one three-digit road in the country classified as a freeway, Route 431. Highway 6, the Trans-Israel Highway, is the only toll road. Two of the expressways ( Highway 57 and Highway 60) are divided into several separate sections as a result of an IDF decree forbidding Israelis from traveling on certain stretches of these highways (see Notes below). 1–99 100–999 * Route 109 * Route 171 * Route 204 * Route 211 * Route 222 ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Kfar Sumi'a
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Peki'in Hadasha
Peki'in (alternatively Peqi'in) ( he, פְּקִיעִין) or Buqei'a ( ar, البقيعة), is a Druze–Arab town with local council status in Israel's Northern District. It is located eight kilometres east of Ma'alot-Tarshiha in the Upper Galilee. In it had a population of . The majority of residents are Druze (78%), with a large Christian (20.8%) and Muslim (1.2%) minorities. The former Jewish community of Peki'in maintained a presence there since the Second Temple period,Researchers race to document vanishing Jewish heritage of Galilee Druze village Eli Ashkenaz, 25 July 2012, Haaretz< ...
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Peki'in
Peki'in (alternatively Peqi'in) ( he, פְּקִיעִין) or Buqei'a ( ar, البقيعة), is a Druze in Israel , Druze–Arab citizens of Israel, Arab town with Local council (Israel), local council status in Israel's Northern District (Israel), Northern District. It is located eight kilometres east of Ma'alot-Tarshiha in the Upper Galilee. In it had a population of . The majority of residents are Druze (78%), with a large Christians, Christian (20.8%) and Muslim (1.2%) minorities. The former Jewish community of Peki'in maintained a presence there since the Second Temple period, Of the Christians, 167 were Orthodox and 48 were Greek Catholic (Melkite, Melchite). In the 1931 census of Palestine, 1931 census, El Buqei'a had a total population of 799; 71 Muslims, 52 Jews, 264 Christians and 412 Druse, in a total of 190 houses.Mills, 1932, p100/ref> In 1936, 1936–1939 Arab revolt in Palestine, Arab riots forced the Jews of Peki'in to leave their homes for safer parts of the ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Beit Jan
Beit Jann ( ar, بيت جن; he, בֵּיתּ גַ'ן) is a Druze village on Mount Meron in northern Israel. At 940 meters above sea level, Beit Jann is one of the highest inhabited locations in the country. In it had a population of . Etymology Guérin noted that the village was known as ''Beitegene'' or ''Bette-Gen'' during the Middle Ages. He suggested that the village's name during antiquity was he, בֵּית גַּנִּים, lit=, translit=Beth-Jannim, "House of Gardens", since it was surrounded by orchards and vineyards, as evidenced by the ancient terraces nearby. History Beit Jann is an ancient village site at the top of a hill. Old stones have been reused in village homes, and cisterns and tombs carved into rock have also been found. In the Crusader era it was known as ''Beitegen''. In 1249, John Aleman transferred land, including the casalia of Beit Jann, Sajur, Majd al-Krum and Nahf to the Teutonic Knights. According to local legend, Druze families in ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Hosen
Hosen ( he, חֹסֶן, חוסן, ''lit.'' Strength) is a moshav in northern Israel. Located near Ma'alot-Tarshiha, it falls under the jurisdiction of Ma'ale Yosef Regional Council. In it had a population of . History The village was established in 1949 by members of Herut on land which had belonged to the depopulated Palestinian Palestinians ( ar, الفلسطينيون, ; he, פָלַסְטִינִים, ) or Palestinian people ( ar, الشعب الفلسطيني, label=none, ), also referred to as Palestinian Arabs ( ar, الفلسطينيين العرب, label=non ... village of Suhmata. References {{Israel-geo-stub Moshavim Populated places established in 1949 Populated places in Northern District (Israel) 1949 establishments in Israel ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Israel
Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated on the southeastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea and the northern shore of the Red Sea, and shares borders with Lebanon to the north, Syria to the northeast, Jordan to the east, and Egypt to the southwest. Israel also is bordered by the Palestinian territories of the West Bank and the Gaza Strip to the east and west, respectively. Tel Aviv is the economic and technological center of the country, while its seat of government is in its proclaimed capital of Jerusalem, although Israeli sovereignty over East Jerusalem is unrecognized internationally. The land held by present-day Israel witnessed some of the earliest human occupations outside Africa and was among the earliest known sites of agriculture. It was inhabited by the Canaanites ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |