Yanuh-Jat

Yanuh-Jat
  • יָנוּחַ־גַ׳תּ
  • يانوح-جت
Local council (from 1990)
Hebrew transcription(s)
 • ISO 259Yanuaḥ - Ǧatt
Yanuh-Jat is located in Northwest Israel
Yanuh-Jat
Yanuh-Jat
Yanuh-Jat is located in Israel
Yanuh-Jat
Yanuh-Jat
Coordinates: 32°58′58″N 35°14′39″E / 32.98278°N 35.24417°E / 32.98278; 35.24417
Grid position173/265 PAL
Country Israel
DistrictNorthern
Area
 • Total13,400 dunams (13.4 km2 or 5.2 sq mi)
Population
 (2022)[1]
 • Total6,930
 • Density520/km2 (1,300/sq mi)
Name meaningYanuh, possibly from Yanoh[2] Jett, possibly "elevated ground"[3]

Yanuh-Jat (Arabic: يانوح-جت, Hebrew: יָנוּחַ־גַ׳תּ) is an Israeli Druze village and local council in the Northern District of Israel, northeast of Acre, consisting of the villages of Yanuh and Jat, which merged in 1990. In 2022 it had a population of 6,930,[1] all members of the Druze community.[4][5]

  1. ^ a b "Regional Statistics". Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 21 March 2024.
  2. ^ According to Palmer, 1881, either this place, p. 60, or Yanuh of South Lebanon, see Yanouh (disambiguation), p. 38, could be the Yanoah of the Bible (2 Kings 15:29)
  3. ^ or it could come from Gath, according to Palmer, 1881, p. 43
  4. ^ יאנוח-ג'ת 2014
  5. ^ "The Druze population in Israel - a collection of data on the occasion of the Prophet Shuaib holiday" (PDF). CBS - Israel. Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. 2019-04-17. Retrieved 2019-05-08.