Tell el-Ajjul
Tall al-Ajjul or Tell el-'Ajul is an archaeological mound or tell in the Gaza Strip. The fortified city excavated at the site dates as far back as ca. 2000–1800 BCE and was inhabited during the Bronze Age.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Hill with an elevation of 16 metres
- Description: archaeological site
- Also known as: “‘Ajjul”, “Tall al ‘Ujul”, “Tall al ‘Ujūl”, “Tall al-Ajjul”, “Tall el ‘Ujūl”, “Tel Ajur”, “Tell el ‘Ujūl”, “Tell el-‘Ajjul”, and “Tell el-Ajul”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Gaza Power Station and Netzarim.
Gaza Power Station
Power station
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Gaza Power Plant is a fossil fuel power station in Gaza Strip, Palestine.
Netzarim
Ruins
Photo: Daniel Ventura, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Netzarim was an Israeli settlement in the Gaza Strip about 5 kilometers southwest of Gaza City. It was established in 1972. In August 2005, the inhabitants of Netzarim were evicted by the Israel Defense Forces as part of Israel's unilateral disengagement plan.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Al-Mughraqa and Nuseirat refugee camp.
Al-Mughraqa
Town
Al-Mughraqa is a Palestinian town in the Gaza Governorate of the Gaza Strip, located six kilometers southwest of Gaza City. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, al-Mughraqa had a population of 11,458 in 2017.
Nuseirat refugee camp
Town
Photo: Mujaddara, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Nuseirat Camp is a Palestinian refugee camp located in the middle of the Gaza Strip, five kilometers north-east of Deir al-Balah. The refugee camp is in the Deir al-Balah Governorate, Gaza Strip.
Netzarim Junction
Neighborhood
The Netzarim Junction is a road intersection in the central part of the Gaza Strip. It is formed by the intersection of Route 749 within the Netzarim Corridor with Salah al-Din Road. Netzarim Junction is situated 2½ km east of Tell el-Ajjul.
Tell el-Ajjul
- Categories: archaeological site, tell, and landform
- Location: Gaza Strip, Palestine, Middle East, Asia
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Urdu—“Tell el-Ajjul” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “تل العجول”
- Catalan: “Sharuhen”
- Catalan: “Tel el-Ajjul”
- Cebuano: “Tall al ‘Ujūl”
- Dutch: “Tall al ‘Ujūl”
- Dutch: “Tall al-Ajjul”
- Dutch: “Tell al-Ajjul”
- French: “Tall al-Ajjul”
- French: “Tel el-Ajjul”
- French: “Tell el-Ajjul”
- Hebrew: “תל אל עג’ול”
- Hebrew: “תל אל-עג’ול”
- Indonesian: “Tell el-Ajjul”
- Italian: “Sharuhen”
- Italian: “Tall al-Ajjul”
- Italian: “Tell el-Ajjul”
- Japanese: “テル・エル・アジュル”
- Russian: “Аджуль”
- Russian: “Телль аль-Аджуль”
- Spanish: “Tell el-Ajjul”
- Urdu: “تل العجول”
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