Al-Auja

Al-Auja is a Palestinian town in the of the State of Palestine, in the eastern , located ten kilometers north of . The town has a total area of 107,905 dunams, however its built-up area comprises only 832 dunams.
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  • Type: Village with 4,070 residents
  • Description: municipality in Jericho
  • Also known as: “‘Aujā el Fauqā”, “Al ‘Auja”, “Al ‘Awja”, “Al ‘Awjā’”, “Al A’uja”, “Al ʻAwjā”, “Al-”Auja”, “al-Auja”, “Al-Auja, Jericho”, “al-Awja”, “El ’Aujā”, “אל-עוג’ה א-תחתא”, and “العوجا، أريحا”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Na’aran and Yitav.

Village
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Na'aran, formerly known as Niran is an Israeli settlement organized as a kibbutz in the .

Village
is an Israeli settlement and moshav shitufi in the southern Jordan Valley of the . is situated 4 km west of Al-Auja.

Village
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Na'ama is an Israeli settlement organized as a moshav shitufi in the . is situated 4½ km south of Al-Auja.

Al-Auja

Latitude
31.94904° or 31° 56′ 57″ north
Longitude
35.46549° or 35° 27′ 56″ east
Population
4,070
Elevation
-241 metres (-791 feet)
Open location code
8G3QWFX8+J5
Open­Street­Map ID
node 332792990
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
285112
Wiki­data ID
Q2895271
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Spanish—“Al-Auja” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “العوجا‎”
  • Arabic: “العوجا”
  • Asturian: “Al-Auja”
  • Catalan: “Al-Auja”
  • Cebuano: “Al ‘Awjā”
  • Czech: “al-Audža”
  • Dutch: “Al-Auja”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “العوجا”
  • Finnish: “Al-Auja (Jeriko)”
  • Finnish: “Al-Auja”
  • French: “Al-Auja”
  • Hebrew: “אל-עווג’א”
  • Hebrew: “עוג’ה א-תחתא”
  • Japanese: “アル・アウジャ”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Al-Auja i Jeriko”
  • Persian: “العوجا”
  • Polish: “Al-Audża”
  • Russian: “эль-Авджа”
  • Spanish: “Al-Auja”

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Localities in the Area

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