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Jerusalem District

Nehusha

Nehusha is a moshav in central . Located five kilometres north-east of , it falls under the jurisdiction of Mateh Yehuda Regional Council. In 2023 it had a population of 1,477.
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  • Type: Village with 1,480 residents
  • Description: place in Jerusalem
  • Also known as: “Neẖusha”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Horbat Burgin and Horvat Itri.

Peak
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Khirbat Umm Burj was a Palestinian Arab village in the Hebron Subdistrict, sometimes designated in modern maps as Burgin. Its ruins are today located within the borders of .

Archaeological site
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Horvat 'Ethri, or Umm Suweid, is an archaeological site situated in the in modern-day . Excavations at the site have uncovered the remains of a partially restored Jewish village from the Second Temple period. is situated 3 km northeast of Nehusha.

Archaeological site
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, or Khirbet Drūsye in Arabic, is an archaeological site located in the central , in modern-day . It contains the remains of an ancient settlement situated on the slopes of a spur near an ancient road that once connected with the southern coastal plain. is situated 3½ km northwest of Nehusha.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kfar Zoharim and Tzafririm.

Hamlet
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, officially Ramot Yehuda-Zoharim, is an Israeli educational therapy youth village for teenagers aged 14–18 from the ultra-orthodox community who do not fit into regular educational frameworks. is situated 3 km west of Nehusha.

Village
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is a moshav in central Israel. Located near , it falls under the jurisdiction of Mateh Yehuda Regional Council. In 2023 it had a population of 442. is situated 3½ km north of Nehusha.

Village
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is a moshav in central . Located in the around ten kilometres south of , it falls under the jurisdiction of Mateh Yehuda Regional Council. In 2023 it had a population of 724. is situated 4½ km north of Nehusha.

Nehusha

Latitude
31.62818° or 31° 37′ 41″ north
Longitude
34.95421° or 34° 57′ 15″ east
Population
1,480
Elevation
424 metres (1,391 feet)
Open location code
8G3PJXH3+7M
Open­Street­Map ID
way 82628031
Open­Street­Map feature
landuse=­residential
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
294091
Wiki­data ID
Q2890254
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In Other Languages

From Czech to Turkish—“Nehusha” goes by many names.
  • Czech: “Nechuša”
  • Czech: “Nehuša”
  • Czech: “Nehusha”
  • French: “Nehusha”
  • Hebrew: “נחושה”
  • Hebrew: “נְחוּשָׁה”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Nehusha”
  • Polish: “Nechusza”
  • Polish: “Nehusha”
  • Turkish: “Nehuşa”

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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 “Nehusha”. Photo: Owenglyndur, CC BY 4.0.