Umm Salamuna
Umm Salamuna is a Palestinian village located twelve kilometers south-west of Bethlehem. The village is in the Bethlehem Governorate in the southern West Bank.- Type: Village with 945 residents
- Description: village council in Bethlehem Governorate
- Also known as: “Khirbat Um Salamūna”, “Khirbat Umm Salamuna”, “Khirbat Umm Salamūnah”, “Um Salamuna”, and “Umm Salmunah”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Biar Aqueduct and Yeshivat Machanaim.
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.
Gush Etsyon Junction
Bus stop
Gush Etzion Junction, also known simply as Gush Junction, is a 120-dunam business, commercial and tourism center in the southern West Bank, which serves as the entry point to the Gush Etzion bloc of settlements. Gush Etsyon Junction is situated 3½ km west of Umm Salamuna.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Jurat ash-Sham’a and Al-Masara.
Jurat ash-Sham’a
Village
Jurat ash-Sham'a is a Palestinian village located ten kilometers south of Bethlehem. The village is in the Bethlehem Governorate in the southern West Bank.
Al-Masara
Village
Al-Masara is a Palestinian village in the central West Bank, 6.2 km southwest of Bethlehem, part of the Bethlehem Governorate. It is surrounded by a number of smaller Palestinian villages, including Khallet al-Haddad to the east.
Efrata
Town
Photo: Wikimedia, 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.
Umm Salamuna
- Category: locality
- Location: West Bank, Palestine, Middle East, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
31.64384° or 31° 38′ 38″ northLongitude
35.16638° or 35° 9′ 59″ eastPopulation
945Elevation
922 metres (3,025 feet)Open location code
8G3QJ5V8+GHOpenStreetMap ID
node 4234615273OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
283076Wikidata ID
Q7881648
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Polish—“Umm Salamuna” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “أم سلمونة”
- Arabic: “ام سلمونة”
- Catalan: “Umm Salamuna”
- Cebuano: “Umm Salmūnah”
- Dutch: “Umm Salamuna”
- Egyptian Arabic: “ام سلمونه”
- French: “Umm Salamuna”
- French: “Umm Salmuna”
- Hebrew: “אום סלמונה”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Umm Salamuna”
- Polish: “Umm Salmuna”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Marah Ma’allah and Wadi Al-Nis.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Umm Salamuna Local Council and Jorat Al-Sham’a Local Council.
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