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Haifa District

Nir Etzion

Nir Etzion is a religious moshav shitufi in northern . Located between and near , at the foot of , it falls under the jurisdiction of Hof HaCarmel Regional Council. In 2023 it had a population of 816.
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  • Type: Village with 985 residents
  • Description: human settlement in Israel
  • Also known as: “Nir ‘Etsyon”, “Nir ‘Eẕyon”, “Nir Etsyon”, “Nir-’Esyon”, “Nir-Esyon”, and “Nir`Etsyon”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Nahal Mearot and Military Prison 6.

Tourism office
Photo: Yitzhak Marmelstein, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Caves of Nahal Me’arot / Wadi el-Mughara, named here by the Hebrew and Arabic name of the valley where they are located, are a UNESCO Site of Human Evolution in the near in northern . is situated 4 km southwest of Nir Etzion.

Prison
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Prison Six, officially Confinement Base 396 is an Israeli military prison located near , , on Oren Junction. It was the second military prison for IDF soldiers, after Prison Four in . is situated 3 km northwest of Nir Etzion.

Cave
Photo: DmitTrix, CC0.
El Wad is an archaeological site of the Epipalaeolithic Near East in , Israel. The site has two components: El Wad Cave, also known as Mughārat al-Wād or HaNahal Cave; and El Wad Terrace, located immediately outside the cave. is situated 4 km southwest of Nir Etzion.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Yemin Ord and Ein Hawd.

Village
Yemin Orde Youth Village is an acclaimed youth village near , for at-risk youth, that delivers an all-encompassing school and home within a 24/7 framework; providing each student with the individual, peer and familial environment and support needed to succeed.

Village
Photo: Matanya, Public domain.
is an Arab village in northern . Located on the foot of , near , it falls under the jurisdiction of Hof HaCarmel Regional Council. In 2023 it had a population of 330.

Village
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is a in in northern . Located at the foot of and southeast of , it falls under the jurisdiction of Hof HaCarmel Regional Council and has the status of community settlement.

Nir Etzion

Latitude
32.69758° or 32° 41′ 51″ north
Longitude
34.99361° or 34° 59′ 37″ east
Population
985
Elevation
219 metres (719 feet)
Open location code
8G4PMXXV+2C
Open­Street­Map ID
node 278478537
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
294030
Wiki­data ID
Q2777481
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In Other Languages

From Czech to Turkish—“Nir Etzion” goes by many names.
  • Czech: “Nir Ecjon”
  • Czech: “Nir Etzion”
  • Czech: “Nir Ezyon”
  • French: “Nir Etzion”
  • Hebrew: “ניר עציון”
  • Hebrew: “נִיר עֶצִיוֹן”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Nir Etzion”
  • Polish: “Nir Ecjon”
  • Polish: “Nir Etzion”
  • Turkish: “Nir Etzion”

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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 “Nir Etzion”. Photo: Elad.lub, CC BY-SA 4.0.