as-Samu
As Samu' or es-Samu' is a town in the Hebron Governorate of the West Bank, Palestine, 12 kilometers south of the city of Hebron and 60 kilometers southwest of Jerusalem.
- Town with about 26,000 residents
- …lies at an elevation of around 700 metres (2,280 feet)
- Description: Municipality in Hebron Governorate. Its name preserves the name of the Jewish settlement, from biblical times to the 4th century, Eshtemoa. Identified as the biblical hearsay by the scholar Edward Robinson
- Address: السموع
- Also known as“Al-Samou’”“al-Samu‘”“Es Samū‘”“Eshtemoa‘”“Samu’a”
Places of Interest
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Ancient Susya
Susya is a location in the southern Hebron Governorate in the West Bank.
3½ km east of as-Samu
Places in the Area
Nearby places include As Simiya and Asa’el.
As Simiya
Village
Khirbat al-Simia is a Palestinian village located four…
3 km northwest of as-Samu
Asa’el
Asa'el, also known as Mitzpe Asa'el, is an Israeli settlement in the West Bank.
3½ km southwest of as-Samu
as-Samu
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Latitude
31.39912° or 31° 23′ 57″ north
Longitude
35.06696° or 35° 4′ 1″ east
Open location code
8G3Q93X8+JQ
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place = town
GeoNames ID
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Urdu—“as-Samu” goes by many names.
السموعArabic
الفردوسArabic
as-SamuAsturian
As Samu‘Basque
As-SamuCatalan
As Samū‘Cebuano
سەمووعCentral Kurdish
As-samuDutch
السموعEgyptian Arabic
As Samu‘Finnish
א-סמועHebrew
סמועHebrew
Es SamuIndonesian
アス・サムJapanese
アッ・サムーアJapanese
Es SamuJavanese
As-SamuNorwegian
As-SamuNorwegian Bokmål
Es-Samu‘Norwegian Bokmål
As-SamuNorwegian Nynorsk
السموعPersian
As-SamuPolish
СамуаRussian
As SamuSlovenian
السموعUrdu
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