Yarka

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Yarka, officially Yirka, is an Israeli Druze village and local council in the Northern District of Israel. In 2017 it had a population of 16,747, 98% of them members of the Druze community. ()

Local name: ירכא Population: 16.2 thous.Area: 6.01 mi²Coordinates: 32°57'14"N, 35°12'44"E

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Nearby attractions include: Yehi'am Fortress National Park, Tefen Open Museum, The Hope, Beit HaKerem Valley.

2.8 miN
National park, Park
Yehi'am Fortress National Park, Upper Galilee
73 min walk • Yehi'am Fortress National Park is an Israeli national park in the western Upper Galilee on the grounds of Kibbutz Yehi'am, whose main attraction are the ruins of a hilltop castle.
4 miNE
Museum
Tefen Open Museum, Upper Galilee
101 min walk • The German-Speaking Jewry Heritage Museum is a museum in Tefen, an industrial park in the north of Israel established by Stef Wertheimer.
5.7 miSE
Monuments and statues
The Hope, Karmiel
144 min walk • The Hope is a sculpture by Nicky Imber depicting a woman proudly raising her child to the sky symbolically heralding a new generation.
5.5 miE
Valley
Beit HaKerem Valley, Karmiel
141 min walk • Beit HaKerem Valley, also known as al-Shaghur, is a valley in the Galilee region in northern Israel. The valley is the dividing feature between the Upper Galilee featuring relatively high mountains and the Lower Galilee to the south, with lower mountains.
5.6 miNE
Town, Forts and castles
Mi'ilya
144 min walk • Mi'ilya is an Arab local council in the western Galilee in the Northern District of Israel. Its name during the Kingdom of Jerusalem era in Galilee was Castellum Regis. In 2019 it had a population of 3,244, all of whom are Melkite Greek Catholics. The town is located immediately to the northwest of Ma'alot-Tarshiha.
5.7 miNW
Archaeological site
Tel Kabri
145 min walk • Tel Kabri, or Tell al-Qahweh, is an archaeological tell containing one of the largest Middle Bronze Age Canaanite palaces in Israel, and the largest such palace excavated as of 2014.
2.4 miS
Prehistoric site
HaYonim Cave
61 min walk • HaYonim Cave is a cave located in a limestone bluff about 250 meters above modern sea level, in the Upper Galilee, Israel.
5.6 miNE
City
Ma'alot-Tarshiha
142 min walk • Ma'alot-Tarshiha is a city in the North District in Israel, some 20 kilometres east of Nahariya, about 600 metres above sea level. The city was established in 1963 through a municipal merger of the Arab town of Tarshiha and the Jewish town of Ma'alot. In 2019, the city had a population of 21,836.
1.7 miSW
Village
Julis
43 min walk • Julis is a Druze village and local council in the Northern District of Israel. In 2019 it had a population of 6,465.
4.9 miSE
Universities and schools
ORT Braude College of Engineering, Karmiel
126 min walk • ORT Braude Academic College of Engineering is established on a 30-acre area in the city of Karmiel, Israel.
5.5 miNE
Locality
Mi'ar
140 min walk • Mi'ar, was a Palestinian village located 17.5 kilometers east of Acre. Its population in 1945 was 770. The Crusaders referred to it as "Myary". By the 19th century, during Ottoman rule, it was a large Muslim village.