Kedar

Kedar is a rural Israeli settlement in the . Located to the south of and organised as a community settlement, it falls under the jurisdiction of Gush Etzion Regional Council.
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  • Type: Village with 1,570 residents
  • Description: Israeli settlement in the West Bank
  • Also known as: “Kedar, Gush Etzion” and “Keidar”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Monastery of Martyrius and Har Montar.

Archaeological site
, whose ruins, known as Khirbet el-Murassas in Arabic, have been excavated in the centre of the settlement and city of , was one of the most important centres of monastic life in the Judean Desert during the Byzantine period. is situated 3 km north of Kedar.

Peak
Photo: Deror avi, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a peak, which is situated 4 km southeast of Kedar.

Memorial
Photo: Sam Philipe, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a memorial, which is situated 4 km north of Kedar.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ma’ale Adumim and ’Arab al-Jahalin.

Photo: Labour Palestine, CC BY 2.0.
Maale Adumim is an Israeli settlement in the , east of . It has about 37,000 residents.

Village
ʿArab al-Jahalin also known as al-Jabal is a Palestinian Bedouin neighborhood in the Jerusalem Governorate, located five kilometers southeast of in the . is situated 3 km northwest of Kedar.

Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 2.0.
or Al-Sawahreh al-Sharqiyeh is a Palestinian town in the Jerusalem Governorate, located 6 kilometers south-east of in the . is situated 4 km west of Kedar.

Kedar

Latitude
31.75408° or 31° 45′ 15″ north
Longitude
35.31042° or 35° 18′ 38″ east
Population
1,570
Elevation
445 metres (1,460 feet)
Open location code
8G3QQ836+J5
Open­Street­Map ID
way 469783573
Open­Street­Map feature
landuse=­residential
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
282354
Wiki­data ID
Q2915463
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Spanish—“Kedar” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “كيدار”
  • Catalan: “Kedar (Gush Etzion)”
  • Catalan: “Kedar”
  • Czech: “Kedar”
  • Dutch: “Kedar, Gush Etzion”
  • French: “Kedar”
  • Hebrew: “קֵדָר”
  • Hebrew: “קידר”
  • Indonesian: “Kedar, Gush Etzion”
  • Indonesian: “Kedar”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Kedar i Gush Etzion”
  • Polish: “Kedar”
  • Polish: “Qedar”
  • Spanish: “Kedar (Gush Etzion)”
  • Spanish: “Kedar”

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