Rosh Tzurim
Rosh Tzurim is an Israeli settlement and religious kibbutz in the West Bank established in 1969. It is located about 20 kilometers south of Jerusalem, 3.9 km east of the Green Line, inside barrier wall.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village with 1,120 residents
- Description: Israeli settlement in Gush Etzion
- Also known as: “Rosh Tsurim” and “Rosh Ẕurim”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Khirbet DJumdjum and Biar Aqueduct.
Khirbet DJumdjum
Archaeological site
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Khirbet Jamjum is an archaeological site located in the western Hebron Hills of the modern-day West Bank. The settlement occupies the summit and southern saddle of a prominent limestone ridge.
Biar Aqueduct
Archaeological site
Photo: Djampa, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Biar Aqueduct, or Wadi el-Biyar Aqueduct, is an ancient aqueduct in the northern Hebron Hills, south of Jerusalem, that formed part of the city's historic water-supply system.
Mitzpor HaElef
Scenic viewpoint
Photo: Bukvoed, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Mitzpor HaElef is a scenic viewpoint, which is situated 2½ km northeast of Rosh Tzurim.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Khirbet Beit Zakariyyah and Gush Etzion.
Khirbet Beit Zakariyyah
Hamlet
Khirbet Beit Zakariyyah is a small Palestinian village southwest of Bethlehem in the West Bank, perched on a hill that rises about 995 metres above sea level.
Gush Etzion
Photo: Deror avi, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Gush Etzion is a group of Israeli settlements in the West Bank between Bethlehem and Hebron, about 950 meters above the sea level. It has a rich history dating from the 1920s and 30s to recent times.
Alon Shvut
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Alon Shvut is an Israeli settlement in the West Bank, established in June 1970 over lands confiscated from the nearby Palestinian town of Khirbet Beit Zakariyyah.
Rosh Tzurim
- Categories: Israeli settlement, Nahal settlement, kibbutz, and locality
- Location: West Bank, Palestine, Middle East, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
31.66765° or 31° 40′ 4″ northLongitude
35.12535° or 35° 7′ 31″ eastPopulation
1,120Elevation
948 metres (3,110 feet)Open location code
8G3QM49G+34OpenStreetMap ID
node 528566051OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
282154Wikidata ID
Q2916614
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Turkish—“Rosh Tzurim” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “روش تزوريم”
- Arabic: “روش تسوريم”
- Arabic: “روش سوريم”
- Arabic: “روش صوريم”
- Catalan: “Rosh Tzurim”
- Czech: “Roš Curim”
- Czech: “Rosh Tzurim”
- Czech: “Rosh Zurim”
- French: “Rosh Tzurim”
- Hebrew: “ראש צורים”
- Indonesian: “Rosh Tzurim”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Rosh Tzurim”
- Persian: “روش تزوریم”
- Polish: “Rosh Zurim”
- Polish: “Rosz Curim”
- Spanish: “Rosh Tzurim”
- Turkish: “Roş Tzurim”
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