The Ta'anakh region (, ''Hevel Ta'anakh''), also known as Ta'anachim (), is an area to the south of
Israel
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's
Jezreel Valley
The Jezreel Valley (from the ), or Marj Ibn Amir (), also known as the Valley of Megiddo, is a large fertile plain and inland valley in the Northern District (Israel), Northern District of Israel. It is bordered to the north by the highlands o ...
and east of the
Wadi Ara
Wadi Ara (, ) or Nahal 'Iron (), is a valley and its surrounding area in Israel populated mainly by Arab citizens of Israel, Arab Israelis. The area is also known as the "Triangle (Israel), Northern Triangle".
Wadi Ara is located northwest of t ...
region. The area is named after
the biblical city (Joshua 17:11), located just across the
Green Line in the northwest
West Bank
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. In the 1950s, the area was settled by
immigrants
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from
Morocco
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,
Tunisia
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,
Kurdistan
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, and
Poland
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.
Most or all of this region is located in the
Gilboa Regional Council
Gilboa Regional Council (, ''Mo'atza Azorit (ha)Gilbo'a'') is a Regional council (Israel), regional council in northern Israel, located on the slopes of the Mount Gilboa, Gilboa mountain range. There are more than 22,000 residents in 38 settlements ...
.
List of villages and community centers
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Adirim
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Avital
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Barak
Barak ( or ; ; Tiberian Hebrew: '' Bārāq''; "lightning") was a ruler of Ancient Israel. As military commander in the biblical Book of Judges, Barak, with Deborah, from the Tribe of Ephraim, the prophet and fourth Judge of pre-monarchic Israe ...
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Dvora
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Gadish
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Meitav
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Merkaz Hever
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Merkaz Yael
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Mlea
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Nir Yafeh
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Prazon
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Ram-On
Six villages out of this list got names from the biblical story of
Dvora's battle (Judges, chap 4–5): Adirim, Barak, Dvora, (Merkaz) Hever, Prazon and (Merkaz) Yael.
See also
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Ti'inik
Ti'inik, also transliterated Ti’innik (), or Ta'anakh/Taanach (), is a Palestinian territories, Palestinian village, located 13 km northwest of the city of Jenin in the northern West Bank.
The village is located on the slopes of an Tell (ar ...
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Regions of Israel
Gilboa Regional Council
Geography of Northern District (Israel)