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Jerusalem District

Ora

Ora is a moshav in central . Located southwest of , it falls under the jurisdiction of Mateh Yehuda Regional Council. In 2023 it had a population of 1,358.
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Wikipedia
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  • Type: Village with 1,310 residents
  • Description: cooperative agricultural community in Israel
  • Also known as: “Jorah”, “Jūra”, “Jurah”, “Ora, Israel”, “Orah”, and “Oran”
  • Neighbors:

Places of Interest

Highlights include Al-Jura and Har Ora.

Ruins
Photo: Agmonsnir, CC BY-SA 4.0.
was a Palestinian Arab village in the Jerusalem Subdistrict. It was depopulated during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War on July 11, 1948, under Operation Danny.

Peak
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is a peak.

Church
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The is a Catholic church in , , and honors the Visitation made by the Virgin Mary, the mother of Jesus, to Elizabeth, the mother of John the Baptist.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Aminadav and Kiryat Menachem.

Village
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is a moshav in central . Located southwest of near , it falls under the jurisdiction of Mateh Yehuda Regional Council. In 2023 it had a population of 914.

Suburb
Photo: Šlomo, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a neighborhood in southwest . It is bordered by to the south and east, Mount Ora to the west, and the Jerusalem hills to the north.

Suburb
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is a new neighborhood in the southwest outskirts of , overlooking and the Rekhes Lavan valley. It has a population of 1,100 families, mainly secular and Orthodox Jews.

Ora

Latitude
31.75351° or 31° 45′ 13″ north
Longitude
35.15248° or 35° 9′ 9″ east
Population
1,310
Elevation
821 metres (2,694 feet)
Open location code
8G3QQ532+CX
Open­Street­Map ID
way 94708940
Open­Street­Map feature
landuse=­residential
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
293976
Wiki­data ID
Q219200
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Turkish—“Ora” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “أورا”
  • Catalan: “Ora”
  • Czech: “Ora”
  • Dutch: “Ora”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “اورا”
  • French: “Ora”
  • German: “Ora”
  • Hebrew: “אורה”
  • Irish: “Ora”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Ora i Israel”
  • Persian: “اورا (اسرائیل)”
  • Persian: “اورا”
  • Polish: “Ora”
  • Romanian: “Ora, Israel”
  • Romanian: “Ora”
  • Russian: “Ора”
  • Turkish: “Ora”

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