as-Samu

As Samu' or es-Samu' is a town in the of the , , 12 kilometers south of the city of and 60 kilometers southwest of .
Wikipedia
Photo: Ahmad hawamdeh, CC BY 3.0.
  • Type: Town with 19,600 residents
  • 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
  • Also known as: “Al-Samou’”, “al-Samu‘”, “As Samu‘”, “As-Samu”, “As-Samu‘”, “Es Samū‘”, “Es-Samu”, “Es-Samu‘”, “Eshtemoa‘”, “Samu’a”, “الفردوس”, and “アッ・サムーア”
  • Address: السموع‎

Places in the Area

Nearby places include As Simiya and Asa’el.

Village
Khirbat al-Simia is a Palestinian village located four… is situated 3 km northwest of as-Samu.

Village
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Asa'el, also known as Mitzpe Asa'el, is an Israeli settlement in the . is situated 3½ km southwest of as-Samu.

Hamlet
Photo: Rabbis for Human Rights, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Khirbet Susya is a Palestinian village in the . is situated 4 km east of as-Samu.

as-Samu

Latitude
31.39912° or 31° 23′ 57″ north
Longitude
35.06696° or 35° 4′ 1″ east
Population
19,600
Elevation
696 metres (2,283 feet)
Open location code
8G3Q93X8+JQ
Open­Street­Map ID
node 332792078
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
284583
Wiki­data ID
Q1768653
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Urdu—“as-Samu” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “السموع”
  • Arabic: “السموع‎”
  • Asturian: “as-Samu”
  • Basque: “As Samu‘”
  • Basque: “As-Samu”
  • Catalan: “As-Samu”
  • Cebuano: “As Samū‘”
  • Central Kurdish: “سەمووع”
  • Dutch: “As-samu”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “السموع”
  • Finnish: “As Samu‘”
  • Finnish: “As Samu’”
  • Finnish: “As Samu”
  • French: “As-Samu”
  • German: “As-Samu”
  • Hebrew: “א-סמוע”
  • Hebrew: “סמוע”
  • Indonesian: “Es Samu”
  • Japanese: “アス・サム”
  • Javanese: “Es Samu”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “As-Samu”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “As-Samu”
  • Norwegian: “As-Samu”
  • Persian: “السموع”
  • Polish: “As-Samu”
  • Russian: “Самуа”
  • Slovenian: “As Samu”
  • Spanish: “Samua”
  • Urdu: “السموع”

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Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Rafat and גבעת הדגל.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Ancient Synagogue and Al Samu’ Capital Mosque.

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