Khirbat Dayr Shams
Khirbat Dayr Shams is a locality in West Bank, Palestine. Khirbat Dayr Shams is situated nearby to the locality Khirbat Shuwaykah, as well as near the hamlet Mitzpe Eshtamoa.Places of Interest
Highlights include Otniel Yeshiva.
Otniel Yeshiva
Building
Yeshivat Otniel is a hesder yeshiva located in Otniel, an Israeli settlement in the West Bank. It is co-headed by the Rabbis Benni Kalmanzon and Re'em Ha'Cohen, who also serves as the settlement's rabbi. Otniel Yeshiva is situated 3½ km north of Khirbat Dayr Shams.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Mitzpe Eshtamoa and As Simiya.
Mitzpe Eshtamoa
Hamlet
Eshtemoa, also transcribed Ashtemoe, Eshtemo, and Esthama, was an ancient city in the Judaean Mountains, specifically in the southern Hebron Hills, mentioned several times in the Hebrew Bible.
As Simiya
Village
Khirbat al-Simia is a Palestinian village located four kilometers north-west of As-Samu.The village is in the Hebron Governorate Southern West Bank. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the village had a population of 1,705 in mid-year 2006.
Shim’a
Village
Photo: Eman, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Shim'a, also Yonadav, is an Israeli settlement in the West Bank, along the Green Line south of Livne and Teneh Omarim. Located on a hill 600 metres above sea level, it is organised as a community settlement and falls under the jurisdiction of Har Hevron Regional Council.
Khirbat Dayr Shams
- Type: Locality
- Also known as: “Khirbat Dayr ash Shams”, “Khirbat Deir ash Shams”, and “Khirbat Deir Shams”
- Location: West Bank, Palestine, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
31.40732° or 31° 24′ 26″ northLongitude
35.02034° or 35° 1′ 13″ eastElevation
656 metres (2,152 feet)Open location code
8G3QC24C+W4GeoNames ID
284087
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In Other Languages
“Khirbat Dayr Shams” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “خربة دير شمس”
Localities in the Area
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