Sacred Atlas

Where Is It Today?

Where Is Cana Today?

Cana is identified with Kafr Kanna or Khirbet Qana. See modern location, confidence level, Scripture references, coordinates, and source attribution.

Modern locationGalilee, Israel
ConfidenceMedium
Scripture refs5

Medium confidence

Modern identification

Kafr Kanna or Khirbet Qana - Galilee, Israel

Coordinates32.8222, 35.3027
Kindsettlement
Claims7
Sources3

Scripture anchors

John 2:1-11John 4:46John 2:1John 2:11John 21:2

Why this place is in the atlas

Jesus' first sign in John: water turned to wine at a wedding.

Candidate identifications

Sacred Atlas keeps disputed locations visible instead of forcing false certainty. These scores are starter algorithmic weights and remain under editorial review.

Khirbet Qana proposal - 69% Traditional confidence from 1 evidence item sacred-atlas-editorial
Kafr Kanna tradition - 31% Disputed confidence from 1 evidence item sacred-atlas-editorial

Claim ledger

names[0].value Cana Sacred Atlas Editorial Review - CC-BY-4.0 - High
summary.en Jesus' first sign in John: water turned to wine at a wedding. Sacred Atlas Editorial Review - CC-BY-4.0 - High
foreignKeys[0] ancientId: a031bda, urlSlug: cana, friendlyId: Cana OpenBible.info Bible Geocoding Data - CC-BY-4.0 - Medium
identifications[0].coordinates latitude: 32.8222, longitude: 35.30269, precision: approximate OpenBible.info Bible Geocoding Data - CC-BY-4.0 - Medium
identifications[0].modernRegion Galilee Sacred Atlas Editorial Review - CC-BY-4.0 - Medium
scriptureReferences John 2:1-11, John 4:46, John 2:1, John 2:11 King James Version 1769 - Public-Domain - High
temporalScopes c. AD 27-30: First sign in John's Gospel Sacred Atlas Editorial Review - CC-BY-4.0 - Medium