Middle East
Israel
Southern District

Omer

Omer is an affluent town in the of , bordering . It is located on Highway 60, between Beersheba and the Shoket Junction. In 2023 it had a population of 8,226.
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  • Type: Village with 7,530 residents
  • Description: town in Israel
  • Also known as: “‘Omer”, “Ayaltah”, “Hevronah”, “Omar”, and “Omer, Israel”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Tel Be’er Sheva and Open Museum Omer.

Archaeological site
Photo: Gugganij, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Tel Sheva or Tel Be'er Sheva, also known as Tell es-Seba, is an archaeological site in the of , believed to be the site of the ancient biblical town of . is situated 2½ km south of Omer.

Museum
Photo: נרשמתי, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Railway station
Photo: Eden1996, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Be'er Sheva–North railway station is an Israel Railways station in . It is a stop on the intercity line from and the terminus of the Beersheba– branch line. is situated 4 km west of Omer.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Tel Sheva and Tirabin al-Sana.

Town
Photo: Idobi, CC BY-SA 3.0.
or Tel as-Sabi is a Bedouin town in the of , bordering the city of . In 2023 it had a population of 24,195. is situated 2½ km south of Omer.

Village
Photo: Idobi, CC BY-SA 3.0.
, also Tarabin, is a Bedouin village in the desert in southern . The village was built for the Tarabin tribe. Located near and , it falls under the jurisdiction of al-Kasom Regional Council. is situated 3 km northeast of Omer.

Village
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is a Bedouin village in southern Israel. Located in the northern desert, 12 km northeast of and adjacent to the highway 60, it falls under the jurisdiction of al-Kasom Regional Council. In 2023 it had a population of 5,295. is situated 3½ km east of Omer.

Omer

Latitude
31.26779° or 31° 16′ 4″ north
Longitude
34.85002° or 34° 51′ 0″ east
Population
7,530
Elevation
322 metres (1,056 feet)
United Nations Location Code
IL OME
Open location code
8G3P7V92+42
Open­Street­Map ID
way 927202144
Open­Street­Map feature
landuse=­residential
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
293982
Wiki­data ID
Q1968636
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Turkish—“Omer” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “عومر”
  • Asturian: “Omer”
  • Catalan: “Ómer”
  • Croatian: “Omer”
  • Czech: “Omer”
  • Dutch: “Omer”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “عومر”
  • Esperanto: “Omer”
  • Finnish: “Omer”
  • French: “Omer”
  • German: “Omer”
  • Hebrew: “עומר”
  • Hebrew: “עמר”
  • Hebrew: “עֹמֶר”
  • Italian: “Omer”
  • Japanese: “オメル”
  • Korean: “오메르”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Omer i Israel”
  • Persian: “امر (اسرائیل)”
  • Persian: “امر”
  • Polish: “Omer”
  • Russian: “Омер”
  • Spanish: “Omer”
  • Spanish: “Ómer”
  • Turkish: “Omer”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Omer”. Photo: BASWIM, CC BY 3.0.