Khirbat Ghuwayn al Fawqā
Khirbat Ghuwayn al Fawqā is a locality in West Bank, Palestine. Khirbat Ghuwayn al Fawqā is situated nearby to the village Livne, as well as near the locality Laṣīfar.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Horvat ’Anim and Tel Qeriyyot.
Horvat ’Anim
Archaeological site
Horvat ʽAnim or Khirbet Ghuwein al-Tahta is a ruined hamlet and archaeological locality in the southern fringes of the Hebron Hills, within Israel’s Southern District, inside the Yatir Forest.
Tel Qeriyyot
Ruins
Khirbet al-Qaryatayn is a ruin c. 20 km south of Hebron and a few kilometres southeast of as-Samuʿ. It is identified with Biblical Kerioth, allotted to Judah in the Negeb. Tel Qeriyyot is situated 4 km east of Khirbat Ghuwayn al Fawqā.
Weizmann Institute Yatir Research Site
Tower
Photo: Okedem, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Yatir Forest is a forest in Israel on the edge of the Negev Desert. The forest covers an area of 30,000 dunams, and is the largest planted forest in Israel. Weizmann Institute Yatir Research Site is situated 3 km southwest of Khirbat Ghuwayn al Fawqā.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Livne and Lev Yatir.
Livne
Village
Photo: benda2011, Public domain.
Livne, also known as Shani is an Israeli settlement. Located in the southern Judaean Mountains, straddling the Green Line and therefore partly in Israel and partly in the West Bank, it is organised as a community settlement and falls under the jurisdiction of Har Hevron Regional Council.
Lev Yatir
Village
Mahane Yatir, also known as Lev Yatir, is a village in the Yatir Forest in southern Israel. In 2023 it had a population of 332.
Khirbat Ghuwayn al Fawqā
- Type: Locality
- Also known as: “Khirbat Ghuwayn al Fawqa”, “Khirbat Ghuwaynah al Fawqā”, “Khirbat Ghuwaynat al Fawqā”, and “Khirbat Ghuweina el Fauqa”
- Location: West Bank, Palestine, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
31.36096° or 31° 21′ 40″ northLongitude
35.07904° or 35° 4′ 45″ eastElevation
726 metres (2,382 feet)Open location code
8G3Q936H+9JGeoNames ID
283865
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In Other Languages
“Khirbat Ghuwayn al Fawqā” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “خربة غوين الفوقا”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Laṣīfar and Qiryatayim Anim.
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