Umm al-Fahm
Umm al-Fahm is a city located 20 kilometres northwest of Jenin in the Haifa District of Israel.
Umm al-Fahm is a city located 20 kilometres northwest of Jenin in the Haifa District of Israel. In 2024 its population was 60,209, nearly all of whom are Arab Palestinian citizens of Israel. The city is situated on the Umm al-Fahm mountain ridge, the highest point of which is Mount Iskander, overlooking Wadi Ara. Umm al-Fahm is the social, cultural and economic center for residents of the Wadi Ara and Triangle regions.
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Worth seeing in and around Umm al-Fahm
7 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Tel Megiddo
Tel Megiddo is the site of the ancient city of Megiddo, the remains of which form a tell or archaeological mound, situated in northern Israel at the western edge of the Jezreel Valley. During the Bronze Age, Megiddo was an important Canaanite city-state, and in the Iron Age, it became a royal city in the Kingdom of Israel.
7.9 km · site of an ancient city in northern Israel's Jezreel valley · Wikipedia - 02Manasseh Hills
The Manasseh Hills or hill country of Manasseh, directly derived from Hebrew: Menashe Heights, called Bilad ar-Ruha in Arabic, meaning "Land of Winds", is a geographical region in northern Israel, located on the Carmel Range, between Mount Carmel and Mount Amir/Umm al-Fahm.
7.4 km · mountain in Israel · Wikipedia - 03Legio
Legio was a Roman military camp south of Tel Megiddo in the Roman province of Galilee.
6.1 km · archaeological site in Israel · Wikipedia - 04HaShalom Stadium
HaShalom Stadium also known as Al-Salam Stadium is a stadium in Umm al-Fahm, Israel, with a capacity of 5,800. It is the home stadium of Hapoel Umm al-Fahm F.C. and Maccabi Umm al-Fahm F.C..
1.5 km · Stadium in Israel · Wikipedia - 05Jo'ara
Jo'ara, also spelled Ja'ara or Ju'ara, is a former military installation in the Menashe Heights. A small Palestinian Arab village existed on the hill until the 1930s.
9.8 km · hill in the Menashe Heights of Northern Israel · Wikipedia - 06Megiddo church
Megiddo church is an archaeological site near Tel Megiddo, Israel that preserves the foundations of one of the oldest Christian church buildings ever discovered by archaeologists. The ruins contain one of the oldest inscriptions referring to the divinity of Jesus.
6.8 km · ancient church near Tel Megiddo, Israel · Wikipedia - 07Umm al-Fahm Art Gallery
The Umm al-Fahm Art Gallery is an art gallery in Umm al-Fahm, Israel. The art gallery focuses on Israeli–Arab artwork, run by artist Sayid Abu Shaqra.
500 m · Art gallery in Umm al-Fahm, Israel · Wikipedia
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Getting to Umm al-Fahm
- Airports
- Ben Gurion (TLV), 62 km · Marka International (Amman Civil) (ADJ), 100 km · Queen Alia (AMM), 119 km
- Tel Aviv → Umm al-Fahm60 km · quickest by road, 1h 34m · ₪26–35
- Eilat → Umm al-Fahm330 km · quickest by road, 6h 33m · ₪130–175
- Amman → Umm al-Fahm97 km · quickest by road, 2h 57m · JD5–7
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Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Umm al-Fahm. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inThe most logical way to enter would be to fly into Ben Gurion International Airport in Israel, take a taxi or mini-bus to Damascus Gate in Jerusalem, from there at one of Arab bus stations take bus 18 to Ramallah (₪6.50, less than an hour), cross into Ramallah and take a shared taxi from the central bus station to Jenin (₪35, 1.5-2 h).
- Get inYou then cross on foot and take a (shared) taxi or hitchhike the rest of the distance.
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