Khirbet al-Deir

Khirbet al-Deir, or Khirbet ed-Deir, is a Palestinian village located 10 kilometres southwest of , and 15 kilometres northwest of . The town is in the of central .
Wikipedia
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  • Type: Hamlet with 260 residents
  • Description: village council in Hebron Governorate
  • Also known as: “Khirbat a-Dar”, “Khirbat ad Dayr”, “Khirbat ad Deir”, “Khirbat ed Deir”, and “Khirbet ad Deir”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Tel Adullam and Valley of Elah.

Peak
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Adullam is an ancient ruin once numbered among the thirty-six cities of Canaan whose kings "Joshua and the children of Israel smote". After that, it fell as an inheritance to the tribe of Judah and was included in the northern division of the "lowland" cities of the land of Judah.

Valley
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The , Ella Valley, or Wadi es-Sunt, is a long, shallow valley in the area of . It is best known from the Hebrew Bible incident where David defeated Goliath. is situated 3½ km northwest of Khirbet al-Deir.

Memorial
Photo: Avi1111, Public domain.
The Mémorial de la Déportation des Juifs de France is a in to the deportation of Jews from France during the National Socialist era. Located in a pine forest near , near in the , the site was built through…

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Geva’ot Eden and Neve Michael.

Village
Photo: דג קטן, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Giv'ot Eden, also spelled Geva'ot Eden, is a community settlement in central , officially designated as such in 2023. Located in the Judean Mountains, 41.7 kilometres southwest of , it falls under the jurisdiction of Mateh Yehuda Regional Council.

Village
Photo: Idobi, CC BY-SA 3.0.
also known as Roglit, is a moshav in central . Located in the region and built upon an eminence in the far south-east end of the , it falls under the jurisdiction of Mateh Yehuda Regional Council. is situated 2½ km northwest of Khirbet al-Deir.

Village
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is a small religious moshav in central . Located seven kilometres south of , at the east end of the Elah valley, it falls under the jurisdiction of Mateh Yehuda Regional Council. In 2024 it had a population of 920. is situated 3 km north of Khirbet al-Deir.

Khirbet al-Deir

Latitude
31.6556° or 31° 39′ 20″ north
Longitude
35.02599° or 35° 1′ 34″ east
Population
260
Elevation
457 metres (1,499 feet)
Open location code
8G3QM24G+69
Open­Street­Map ID
node 4240608097
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­hamlet
Geo­Names ID
283184
Wiki­data ID
Q6401768
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Norwegian Nynorsk—“Khirbet al-Deir” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “خربة الدير، الخليل”
  • Arabic: “خربة الدير”
  • Arabic: “خربه الدير”
  • Arabic: “قرية الدير”
  • Catalan: “Khirbet al-Deir”
  • Cebuano: “Khirbat ad Dayr”
  • Dutch: “Khirbat ad Dayr”
  • Dutch: “Khirbet al-Deir”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “خربة الدير”
  • French: “Khirbat a-Dar”
  • French: “Khirbet al-Deir”
  • Hebrew: “ח’ירבת א-דאר”
  • Hebrew: “ח’רבת א-דיר”
  • Hebrew: “ח’רבת אלדיר”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Khirbet al-Deir”

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