’En Esur
'En Esur, also En Esur or Ein Asawir, is an ancient site located on the northern Sharon Plain, at the entrance of the Wadi Ara pass leading from the Coastal Plain further inland.Photo: Rimon98, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Archaeological site
- Description: large Chalcolithic village and Early Bronze Age city, Israel
- Also known as: “Ein Assor”, “Ein Esur”, “En Assor”, “En Esur”, “Tall al Asawir”, “Tel Arubot”, “Tel Assor”, “Tel Esur”, “Tell Assor”, and “Tell Esur”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Ein Arubot Nature Reserve and Camp 1391.
Ein Arubot Nature Reserve
Grassland
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Ein Arubot Nature Reserve is a grassland, which is situated 250 metres east of ’En Esur.
Camp 1391
Prison
Camp 1391, also referred to as Unit 1391 or Facility 1391, is an Israel Defense Forces prison camp in northern Israel for "high-risk" prisoners. It is run by Unit 504. Camp 1391 is situated 1½ km south of ’En Esur.
Mishmar HaGvul
Monument
Photo: Tom Yeshuah, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Mishmar HaGvul is a monument, which is situated 590 metres east of ’En Esur.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ein Iron and Barkai.
Ein Iron
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Ein Iron is a moshav in northern Israel. Located in the eastern Sharon plain to the north-east of Hadera, it falls under the jurisdiction of Menashe Regional Council. In 2024 it had a population of 594.
Barkai
Village
Photo: Rickjpelleg, CC BY 2.5.
Barkai is an Israeli kibbutz in the Menashe Regional Council on the western side of Wadi Ara. In 2024, it had a population of 566.
Kfar Pines
Village
Photo: Amirki, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Kfar Pines is a religious moshav in northern Israel. Located to the north-east of Hadera, adjacent to Pardes Hanna-Karkur and Ein Iron, it falls under the jurisdiction of Menashe Regional Council. In 2024 it had a population of 691.
’En Esur
- Categories: tell, ancient city, proto-city, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Haifa District, Israel, Middle East, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
32.48208° or 32° 28′ 56″ northLongitude
35.01942° or 35° 1′ 10″ eastElevation
59 metres (194 feet)Open location code
8G4QF2J9+RQOpenStreetMap ID
node 278474140OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_site
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Vietnamese—“’En Esur” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “تل الأساور- عيون الأساور”
- Arabic: “تل الأساور”
- Bengali: “এন এসুর”
- Catalan: “Ein Asawir”
- Catalan: “En Esur”
- Cebuano: “Tel Esur”
- Czech: “Tel Esur”
- Dutch: “Tel Esur”
- Estonian: “En Esur”
- French: “Tel Assor”
- German: “En Esur”
- Hebrew: “תל אסור”
- Indonesian: “En Esur”
- Japanese: “エン・エスル”
- Macedonian: “Ен Есур”
- Macedonian: “ен-Есур”
- Persian: “عین اشور”
- Portuguese: “En Esur”
- Russian: “Эйн Эсур”
- Russian: “Эйн-Эсур”
- Spanish: “Ein Asawir”
- Spanish: “En Esur”
- Telugu: “ఎన్ ఎసూర్”
- Turkish: “En Esur”
- Vietnamese: “En Esur”
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