Hatzor HaGlilit

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Hatzor HaGlilit

Coordinates32.98°, 35.54°

Demographic figures from Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Hatzor HaGlilit is a town in the Korazim Plateau in the Upper Galilee in northern Israel near Rosh Pinna and Safed. It is named for the nearby biblical site of Tel Hazor. In 2024 it had a population of 11,013.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Wildlife & biodiversity

Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

Earthquake history

Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).

Notable people from here

Mahmoud Abbas

president of the Palestinian Authority since 2005

Esther Ofarim

Israeli singer

Abi Ofarim

Israeli musician and dancer (1937-2018)

Ido Kozikaro

Israeli basketball player

Samir al-Rifai

Jordanian politician (1901–1965)

Wadie Haddad

politician (1927-1978)

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Joseph Trani

person associated with Hebrew manuscripts

Chaim Hirschensohn

American Orthodox rabbi (1857–1935)

Moses ben Jacob Cordovero

Rabbi and Kabbalist figure in Ottoman Syria

B

Bernhard Sopher

German sculptor (1879–1949)

B

Bezalel Ashkenazi

rabbi and Talmudic scholar (1520-1591)

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Etan Cohen

Israeli–American filmmaker

Elazar ben Moshe Azikri

kabbalist, rabbi

M

Milton R. Konvitz

American academic (1908–2003)

Moshe Shamir

Israeli writer (1921-2004)

Yogev Ohayon

Israeli basketball player

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Israel

• Sumar
  585.2 mi away · pop. 180
• Shinabad
  602.2 mi away
• Rafi
  609.1 mi away · pop. 3,797
• Harir
  619.6 mi away
• Kerend-e Gharb
  621.8 mi away · pop. 7,798
• Tazeh Shahr
  626.5 mi away · pop. 8,629
• Nowdeshah
  631.2 mi away · pop. 3,683
• Marivan
  631.8 mi away · pop. 110,464
• Vara
  633.2 mi away
• Paveh
  635.5 mi away · pop. 25,771
• Eslamabad-e Gharb
  636.9 mi away · pop. 97,000
• Arkvaz
  639.5 mi away · pop. 11,977

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Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Gallery

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