Tekoa
Tekoa is an Israeli settlement organized as a community settlement in the West Bank, located 20 km northeast of Hebron, 16 km south of Jerusalem and in the immediate vicinity of the Palestinian village of Tuqu'.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village with 3,880 residents
- Description: Israeli settlement in the West Bank
- Also known as: “Nahal Tekea”, “Nahal Teqoa‘”, “Naẖal Teqoa‘”, and “Tkoa”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Herodion Ruins.
Herodion Ruins
Photo: אסף.צ, Public domain.
The Herodeion, in Latin: Herodium, in Modern Hebrew: הרודיון Herodion, known in Arabic as Jabal al-Fureidis is a fortified desert palace built by Herod the Great, king of Judaea, in the first century BCE.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Sdeh Bar and Nokedim.
Sdeh Bar
Village
Sdeh Bar Ranch is a residential children's home dedicated to the rehabilitation of boys at risk ׁׂׂׂ. Founded in 1998, the 25-acre ranch provides a unique therapeutic approach, allowing the troubled youth to rebuild their sense of security and re-establish their trust in themselves and their peers, so that they can become contributing members of society.
Nokedim
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Nokdim is an Israeli settlement organized as a community settlement in the West Bank. Located south of Bethlehem in the northern Judean Mountains, it falls under the jurisdiction of Gush Etzion Regional Council.
Al-Asakra
Suburb
Al-Asakra is a Palestinian village in the Bethlehem Governorate in the south-central West Bank, located 4.5 kilometers southeast of Bethlehem. It is a part of the Jannatah municipality.
Tekoa
- Categories: Israeli settlement, residential area, and locality
- Location: Quds Governorate, West Bank, Palestine, Middle East, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
31.65315° or 31° 39′ 11″ northLongitude
35.22894° or 35° 13′ 44″ eastPopulation
3,880Elevation
669 metres (2,195 feet)Open location code
8G3QM63H+7HOpenStreetMap ID
way 93195764OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=residentialOpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Tekoa” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “تكواع”
- Catalan: “Tekoa (assentament israelià)”
- Catalan: “Tekoa”
- Czech: “Tekoa”
- Dutch: “Tekoa, Gush Etzion”
- Finnish: “Tekoa (Gush Etzion)”
- Finnish: “Tekoa”
- French: “Tekoa”
- German: “Tekoa”
- Hebrew: “תקוע”
- Hebrew: “תְּקוֹעַ”
- Indonesian: “Tekoa, Gush Etzion”
- Indonesian: “Tekoa”
- Irish: “Tekoa”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Tekoa i Gush Etzion”
- Polish: “Tekoa”
- Polish: “Teqoa”
- Russian: “Текоа”
- Spanish: “Tekoa”
- Ukrainian: “Текоа”
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