Tell Jemmeh

Tell Jemmeh or Tell Gemmeh, also known in Hebrew as Tel Gamma or Tel Re'im, is a prominent mound, or tell, located in the region of the northwestern and the southern of , about 12 km south of , bounded by the kibbutz of 2 km to the east, and the kibbutz of Kisufim 6 km to the west, and is 9 km east of the Mediterranean coast.
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  • Archaeological site
  • …lies at an elevation of 53 metres (174 feet)
  • Description: archaeological site in Israel
  • Also known as
    “Tel Gama”
    “Tel Gema”
    “Tell Gerar”
    “Tell Jimmeh-Gerar”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Re’im base and Nova Festival Victims Memorial.
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is a military installation, which is situated 2½ km south of Tell Jemmeh.
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The is a monument… is situated 2½ km northeast of Tell Jemmeh.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Re’im and Kissufim.
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Re'im is a secular kibbutz in southern Israel, and one of the Gaza vicinity villages.
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is a kibbutz in the northwestern desert in . is situated 4½ km west of Tell Jemmeh.
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is a kibbutz in the western desert, and also in the Gaza envelope in . is situated 6 km southwest of Tell Jemmeh.

Tell Jemmeh

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Latitude
31.38739° or 31° 23′ 15″ north
Longitude
34.44528° or 34° 26′ 43″ east
Open location code
8G3P9CPW+X4
Geo­Names ID
293380
Wiki­data ID
Q1301002

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Hebrew—“Tell Jemmeh” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “تل جمه”
  • Cebuano: “Tel Gamma”
  • French: “Tel Gamma”
  • German: “Tell Jemmeh”
  • Hebrew: “תַל גַ‘מַה”
  • Hebrew: “תל גמה”
  • Hebrew: “תל שפע”

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