Yakir
Yakir is an Israeli settlement in the West Bank, 15 kilometers (9.3 mi) southwest of the Palestinian city of Nablus, near Revava and Nofim, on Road 5066, roughly between Barkan and Karnei Shomron.
Yakir is an Israeli settlement in the West Bank, 15 kilometers (9.3 mi) southwest of the Palestinian city of Nablus, near Revava and Nofim, on Road 5066, roughly between Barkan and Karnei Shomron. Organised as a community settlement, it was founded in February 1981 on lands that the Israeli government expropriated from the nearby Palestinian village of Deir Istiya. It sits at 420 metres above sea level and is under the jurisdiction of Shomron Regional Council. In 2024, it had a population of 2,742.
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Getting to Yakir
- Airports
- Ben Gurion (TLV), 27 km · Marka International (Amman Civil) (ADJ), 85 km · Queen Alia (AMM), 96 km
- Eilat → Yakir289 km · quickest by road, 6h 10m · ₪120–160
- Amman → Yakir81 km · quickest by road, 3h 10m · JD5–7
- El Arish → Yakir169 km · quickest by road, 5h 3m · E£400–530
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Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Yakir
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 Yakir. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get aroundHitchhiking (Tremp) Ariel is long and narrow (it follows the crest of a long mountain ridge), so it could be a long walk from one part to another.
- Go nextHitch a ride, or take Palestinian licence-plated taxi, from Ariel Junction to Nablus.
From Wikivoyage: Ariel, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2025-08.
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Next door to Yakir
Yakir is 32 km from Tel Aviv, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- ImmanuelIsraeli settlement in the West Bank2.4 km
- Kiryat NetafimIsraeli settlement in the West Bank3.8 km
- RevavaIsraeli settlement in the West Bank3.7 km
- Jinsafutvillage council in Qalqilya Governorate3.4 km
- Qarawat Bani HassanPalestinian town in Salfit Governorate2.9 km
- NofimIsraeli settlement in the West Bank1.2 km