Zikhron Ya'akov
Zikhron Ya'akov is a small town in the south slope of the Carmel Range, overlooking the Mediterranean Sea. It was founded in 1882 by Baron Edmond James de Rothschild. It is famous for the Carmel Winery, and for the midrahov in the city center.Photo: Rickjpelleg, CC BY 2.5.
Photo: israeltourism, CC BY 2.0.
Notable Places in the Area
Mearat Kabara
Cave
Kebara Cave is a limestone cave locality in Wadi Kebara, situated at 60 to 65 m above sea level on the western escarpment of the Carmel Range, in the Ramat HaNadiv preserve of Zichron Yaakov.
Ohel Ya'akov synagogue
Synagogue
Photo: Rickjpelleg, CC BY 2.5.
Ohel Ya'akov Synagogue, located in Zikhron Ya'akov, a town in the Haifa District of Israel, was established in 1886 by Baron Edmond James de Rothschild.
Localities in the Area
Fureidis
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Fureidis is an Arab town in the Haifa District of Israel.
Ma’yan Tsevi
Village
Ma'ayan Tzvi is a kibbutz in northern Israel. Located near Zikhron Ya'akov, it falls under the jurisdiction of Hof HaCarmel Regional Council.
Meir Shfeya
Village
Meir Shfeya is a youth village and agricultural boarding school in northern Israel.
Zikhron Ya'akov
- Type: Town with 23,000 residents
- Description: local council in Israel
- Categories: local council in Israel and locality
- Location: Haifa District, Carmel Range, Israel, Middle East, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
32.5712° or 32° 34' 16" northLongitude
34.953° or 34° 57' 11" eastPopulation
23,000Elevation
164 metres (538 feet)Inception
1882United Nations Location Code
IL ZYWOpen Location Code
8G4PHXC3+F5OpenStreetMap ID
node 278477631OpenStreetMap Feature
place=townGeoNames ID
293067Wikidata ID
Q198399Zikhron Ya'akov Satellite Map
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Also Known As
- Arabic: زخرون يعكوف
- Armenian: Զիխրոն Յաակով
- Catalan: Zichron Yaakov
- Czech: Zichron Ja'akov
- Dutch: Zikhron Ya'akov
- English: Zichron Yaakov
- English: Zikhron Yaakov
- English: Zikhron Ya‘aqov
- Finnish: Zikhron Ya'akov
- French: Zikhron Yaakov
- German: Zichron Ja'akow
- German: Zichron Jaʿakov
- German: Zichron Ja’akow
- Hebrew: זִכְרוֹן יַעֲקֹב
- Hebrew: זכרון יעקב
- Hungarian: Zichron Ja’akow
- Italian: Zikhron Ya'aqov
- Japanese: ジクロン・ヤアコヴ
- Japanese: ジフロン・ヤアコヴ
- Norwegian Nynorsk: Zikhron Ya'akov
- Persian: زیخرون یاکوف
- Polish: Zichron Ja'akow
- Polish: Zichron Ja’akow
- Portuguese: Zihron Yaakov
- Romanian: Zihron Iaakov
- Romanian: Zihron Yaakov
- Russian: Зихрон-Яаков
- Scots: Zikhron Ya'akov
- Slovenian: Zihron Jakov
- Slovenian: Zikhron Ya'akov
- Spanish: Zikhron Ya'akov
- Swiss German: Sichron Jaakow
- Tosk Albanian: Zichron Ja'akow
- Turkish: Zikhron Ya'akov
- Ukrainian: Зіхрон-Яаков
- Yiddish: זכרון יעקב
- Zamarin
- Zammārīn
- Zichron Ya'akov
- Zicron Jacob
- Zikeron Ya‘akob
- Zikhron
- Зіхрон-Яков
Localities in the Area
- Ahuzat NiliNeighbourhood
- Shchunat Ya'akovNeighbourhood
- HamoshavaNeighbourhood
- Mul HayekevNeighbourhood
- Ramat ZviNeighbourhood
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About Mapcarta. Thanks to Mapbox for providing amazing maps. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, excluding photos, directions and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page Zikhron Ya'akov. Photo: israeltourism, CC BY 2.0.