Afiqim in Northern District
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Emek HaYarden Regional Council

The Emek HaYarden Regional Council, is a regional council in the Jordan River Valley between the Sea of Galilee in the north and Beit She'an in the south. It was the first regional council in Israel, formed in 1949. Most of the settlements are located on Route 90 a north-south road which traverses the council's territory parallel to the Jordan River. The offices of the council are located between Degania Alef and the Tzemah Industrial Zone.

Located at 32.7058, 35.5836 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Regional councils in Israel, Emek HaYarden Regional Council

Ubeidiya

Tel Ubeidiya (Tel-`Ubaydiyya; תל-עובידיה; تل العبيدية), some 3 km south of Lake Tiberias, in the Jordan Rift Valley, Israel, is an archaeological site of the Pleistocene, ca. 1.5 million years ago, preserving traces of the earliest migration of Homo erectus out of Africa. The site yielded hand axes of the Acheulean type. The site was discovered in 1959 and excavated between 1960 and 1974, mainly under by Ofer Bar-Yosef and Naama Goren-Inbar.

Located at 32.6889, 35.5611 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Paleolithic, Pleistocene, Archaeological sites in Israel, Prehistoric sites in Israel

Ashdot Ya'akov

Ashdot Ya'akov is a kibbutz in northern Israel. It was founded in 1924 by a kvutza of Hashomer members from Latvia on the land which is today Gesher. It was named after the rapids of the nearby Yarmouk River and James "Ya'akov" Armand de Rothschild. Between 1933 and 1935 the kibbutz moved north-east of its original location, onto land which had been bought by the Palestine Jewish Colonization Association.

Located at 32.6581, 35.5819 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Former kibbutzim, Populated places established in 1924, Jewish villages in the Mandate for Palestine, Emek HaYarden Regional Council

Battles of the Kinarot Valley

The Battles of the Kinarot Valley, is a collective name for a series of military engagements between the Haganah and the Syrian army during the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, fought between May 15–22, 1948 in the Kinarot Valley. It includes two main sites: the Battle of Degania–Tzemah, and battles near Masada – Sha'ar HaGolan. The engagements were part of the battles of the Jordan Valley, which also saw fighting against Transjordan in the area of Gesher.

Located at 32.6965, 35.5912 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Battles and operations of the 1948 Arab–Israeli War

Kinneret College

The Kinneret College on the Sea of Galilee, or simply Kinneret College, is a college located on the southern shores of the Sea of Galilee in northern Israel. The College was established in 1965 by the regional council of the kibbutzim in the area. The students in the College come from all parts of Israel but especially from the Galilee. This is reflected in the multi-cultural and multi-faith background of the student population: Jewish and Arab, secular and religious.

Located at 32.7054, 35.591 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Colleges in Israel

Tel Ali

Tel Ali is an archaeological site located one mile south of the Sea of Galilee, in the central Jordan Valley, Israel. It has been excavated twice. First, during the years 1955–1959, Moshe Prausnitz conducted salvage excavations on behalf of the Israel Department of Antiquities. He published only preliminary reports and most of the excavation finds remained unstudied.

Located at 32.7006, 35.5599 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Prehistoric sites in Israel

Naharayim

Naharayim is a site on the border between Israel and Jordan where an hydroelectric power-plant was established in 1930. The Yarmuk River flows into the Jordan River at Naharayim. The plant, established by Pinchas Rutenberg, produced much of the energy consumed in the British Mandate of Palestine until Israel's War of Independence in 1948.

Located at 32.6444, 35.5728 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3 miles away.
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Buildings and structures completed in 1930, Former hydroelectric power stations, Power stations in Israel, Power stations in Jordan

Yardenit

Yardenit, also known as the Yardenit Baptismal Site, is a baptism site located along the Jordan River in the Galilee region of northern Israel, which is frequented by Christian pilgrims. The site is located south of the river's outlet from the Sea of Galilee, near Kibbutz Kvutzat Kinneret, which owns and manages the site. According to Christian tradition, the baptism of Jesus actually took place in Qasr el Yahud, north of the Dead Sea and east of Jericho.

Located at 32.7111, 35.5714 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Jordan River basin