Susya

Susya is a religious community Israeli settlement in the . Located near the archaeological site of , it falls under the jurisdiction of Har Hevron Regional Council.
Wikipedia
Photo: עדירל, CC BY-SA 4.0.
  • Type: Village with 1,300 residents
  • Description: Israeli settlement in Mount Hebron, Judea, the West Bank
  • Also known as: “Suseya” and “Susya, Har Hebron”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Ancient Susya and Tell Maon.

Archaeological site
Photo: Daniel Ventura, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Susya is a location in the southern in the . It houses an archaeological site with extensive remains from the Late Roman and Byzantine periods, including the ruins of an archeologically notable synagogue, repurposed as a after the Muslim conquest of Palestine in the 7th century.

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, , rising 863 metres above sea level, where the remains of the ancient town of Ma'on have been excavated. is situated 2½ km northeast of Susya.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Susiya and Mitzpe Yair.

Hamlet
Photo: Rabbis for Human Rights, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Khirbet Susya is a Palestinian village in the . Palestinian villagers reported as living in caves and nearby tents are considered as belonging to a unique southern Hebron cave-dwelling culture present in the area since the early 19th century.

Hamlet
is an unauthorized Israeli settlement in the Israeli-occupied . Located two kilometres south-east of the settlement of Susya, it falls under the jurisdiction of Har Hebron Regional Council.

Village
Photo: יעקב, CC BY-SA 3.0.
, officially Metzadot Yehuda, is an Israeli settlement in the southern Hebron Hills of the , organized as a religious-Zionist Orthodox moshav. is situated 3 km south of Susya.

Susya

Latitude
31.39195° or 31° 23′ 31″ north
Longitude
35.11354° or 35° 6′ 49″ east
Population
1,300
Elevation
806 metres (2,644 feet)
Open location code
8G3Q94R7+QC
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1268387907
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
281711
Wiki­data ID
Q20728762
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Spanish—“Susya” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “سوسيا”
  • Arabic: “سوسية”
  • Czech: “Susja”
  • Dutch: “Susiya”
  • French: “Susya”
  • Hebrew: “סוסיא”
  • Hebrew: “סוּסְיָא”
  • Hebrew: “סוסיה”
  • Polish: “Suseja”
  • Polish: “Susja”
  • Spanish: “Susya (asentamiento israelí)”
  • Spanish: “Susya”

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