Khirbat Umm ash Shuqḩān
Khirbat Umm ash Shuqḩān is a ruin in West Bank, Palestine and has an elevation of 819 metres. Khirbat Umm ash Shuqḩān is situated nearby to the village Avigail, as well as near At-Tuwani.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Tell Maon.
Tell Maon
Archaeological site
Horvat Maon/H. Ma'on, Arabic: Khirbet Ma'in or Tell Máîn, i.e. 'Ma'in Ruins/Tell of Ma'in', is an archaeological site in the Hebron Hills, West Bank, rising 863 metres above sea level, where the remains of the ancient town of Ma'on have been excavated. Tell Maon is situated 1½ km west of Khirbat Umm ash Shuqḩān.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Avigail and At-Tuwani.
Avigail
Village
Avigayil is an illegal Israeli settlement in the West Bank. It lies between the settlements of Ma'on and Susya in the southern Hebron Hills. The settlement is situated east of the Israeli West Bank barrier, 4.7 km kilometers from the Green line on what is officially known as Hilltop 850.
At-Tuwani
Village
Photo: יורם שורק, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Tawani or at-Tuwani is a Palestinian village in the south Hebron Hills of the Hebron Governorate. Many of the village's residents formerly lived in dwelling caves.
Ma’on
Village
Photo: Daniel Ventura, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Ma'on is an Israeli settlement organized as a moshav shitufi in the West Bank. Located in the Judean Hills south of Hebron and north of Beersheba, it falls under the jurisdiction of Har Hevron Regional Council.
Khirbat Umm ash Shuqḩān
- Type: Ruin
- Also known as: “Khirbat Um esh Shugḥān”, “Khirbat Umm ash Shuj‘ān”, and “Khirbat Umm ash Shuqhan”
- Categories: tourist attraction and tourism
- Location: West Bank, Palestine, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
31.40477° or 31° 24′ 17″ northLongitude
35.14815° or 35° 8′ 53″ eastElevation
819 metres (2,687 feet)Open location code
8G3QC43X+W7GeoNames ID
281492
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