Efrata
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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Town with 10,100 residents
- Description: Israeli settlement in the Gush Etzion area
- Also known as: “Efrat” and “Efratah”
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.
Mitzpor HaElef
Scenic viewpoint
Photo: Bukvoed, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Mitzpor HaElef is a scenic viewpoint, which is situated 3½ km north of Efrata.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Elazar and Migdal Oz.
Elazar
Village
Photo: Yiftachsam, Public domain.
Elazar is an Israeli settlement in the West Bank, 18 kilometers south of Jerusalem in the Gush Etzion cluster of settlements. A community settlement, it had a population of 2,567 in 2023.
Migdal Oz
Village
Migdal Oz is an Israeli settlement and income-sharing community kibbutz in the West Bank. Located in the historic Etzion bloc 7.4 km from the Green Line and west of the Israeli West Bank barrier, it falls under the jurisdiction of Gush Etzion Regional Council.
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.
Efrata
- Categories: Israeli settlement, local council in Israel, geographical feature, and locality
- Location: West Bank, Palestine, Middle East, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
31.65365° or 31° 39′ 13″ northLongitude
35.15087° or 35° 9′ 3″ eastPopulation
10,100Elevation
942 metres (3,091 feet)Open location code
8G3QM532+F8OpenStreetMap ID
node 431636494OpenStreetMap feature
place=townGeoNames ID
283991Wikidata ID
Q64053
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Turkish—“Efrata” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “أفرات”
- Arabic: “إفرات”
- Arabic: “افرات”
- Arabic: “عفرات”
- Catalan: “Efrat”
- Czech: “Efrat”
- Czech: “Efrata”
- Dutch: “Efrat”
- Finnish: “Efrat”
- French: “Efrat”
- French: “Efrata”
- German: “Efrat”
- German: “Efrata”
- Greek: “Εφράτ”
- Hebrew: “אפרת”
- Hebrew: “אפרתה”
- Hindi: “एफ़्रात”
- Italian: “Efrat”
- Japanese: “エフラト”
- Lithuanian: “Efratas”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Efrat”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Efrata”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Efrat”
- Norwegian: “Efrat”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Efrat”
- Persian: “افرات”
- Persian: “شهرک افرات”
- Polish: “Efrat”
- Polish: “Efrata”
- Russian: “Эфрат”
- Russian: “Эфрата”
- Spanish: “Efrat”
- Turkish: “Efrat”
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