Middle East
Israel
Jerusalem District

Elazar

Elazar is an Israeli settlement in the , 18 kilometers south of in the cluster of settlements. A community settlement, it had a population of 2,567 in 2023.
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  • Type: Village with 2,510 residents
  • Description: Israeli settlement in Gush Etzion
  • Also known as: “El‘azar”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Biar Aqueduct and Yeshivat Machanaim.

Archaeological site
Photo: Djampa, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The , or Wadi el-Biyar Aqueduct, is an ancient aqueduct in the northern Hebron Hills, south of , that formed part of the city's historic water-supply system.

School
Photo: איתמר אוחנה, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a school.

Bus stop
Gush Etzion Junction, also known simply as Gush Junction, is a 120-dunam business, commercial and tourism center in the southern , which serves as the entry point to the bloc of settlements.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Efrata and Alon Shvut.

Town
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Gush Etzion is a group of Israeli settlements in the between and , about 950 meters above the sea level. It has a rich history dating from the 1920s and 30s to recent times.

Village
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
is an Israeli settlement in the , established in June 1970 over lands confiscated from the nearby Palestinian town of .

Village
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is an Israeli settlement and religious kibbutz in the established in 1969. It is located about 20 kilometers south of Jerusalem, 3.9 km east of the Green Line, inside barrier wall.

Elazar

Latitude
31.66073° or 31° 39′ 39″ north
Longitude
35.14149° or 35° 8′ 29″ east
Population
2,510
Elevation
919 metres (3,015 feet)
Open location code
8G3QM46R+7H
Open­Street­Map ID
node 528572117
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
283989
Wiki­data ID
Q1325037
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Spanish—“Elazar” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “إلعازار”
  • Arabic: “إليعازر (مستوطنة)”
  • Arabic: “إليعازر”
  • Catalan: “Elazar”
  • Czech: “El’azar”
  • Czech: “Elazar”
  • French: “Elazar”
  • Galician: “Elazar”
  • German: “Elazar”
  • Hebrew: “אלעזר (יישוב)”
  • Hebrew: “אלעזר”
  • Indonesian: “Elazar (desa)”
  • Indonesian: “Elazar (kota)”
  • Indonesian: “Elazar, gush etzion”
  • Indonesian: “Elazar, Gush Etzion”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Elazar i Gush Etzion”
  • Polish: “Elazar”
  • Spanish: “Elazar”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Elazar”. Photo: Yiftachsam, Public domain.