Ksalon
Ksalon or Kesalon is a moshav in central Israel. Located near Beit Shemesh, it falls under the jurisdiction of Mateh Yehuda Regional Council. In 2024 it had a population of 521.- Type: Village with 430 residents
- Description: human settlement in Israel
- Also known as: “Kesalon”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Kasla and Scroll of Fire.
Kasla
Ruins
Kasla or Kesla was a Palestinian village in the Jerusalem Subdistrict. It was depopulated during the 1948 Arab–Israeli War on July 17, 1948, by the Harel Brigade of Operation Dani. It was located 17 km west of Jerusalem.
Scroll of Fire
Monument
Scroll of Fire is a monument found in the Forest of the Martyrs, on the western outskirts of Jerusalem. It commemorates Jewish history from The Holocaust until the independence of the State of Israel in 1948.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ramat Raziel and Beit Meir.
Ramat Raziel
Village
Ramat Raziel is a moshav in central Israel. Located in the centre of the Jerusalem corridor, it falls under the jurisdiction of Mateh Yehuda Regional Council. In 2024 it had a population of 684.
Beit Meir
Village
Beit Meir is a religious moshav in central Israel. Located around nine miles from Jerusalem, just off the Highway 1, it falls under the jurisdiction of Mateh Yehuda Regional Council. In 2024 it had a population of 678. Beit Meir is situated 2½ km northwest of Ksalon.
Shoresh
Village
Shoresh is a moshav shitufi in central Israel. Located five kilometres from Sha'ar HaGai in the Jerusalem corridor, it falls under the jurisdiction of Mateh Yehuda Regional Council. In 2024 it had a population of 1,399. Shoresh is situated 3 km northeast of Ksalon.
Ksalon
- Categories: human settlement, moshav, and locality
- Location: Jerusalem District, Israel, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
31.77409° or 31° 46′ 27″ north
Longitude
35.04923° or 35° 2′ 57″ east
Population
430
Elevation
589 metres (1,932 feet)
Open location code
8G3QQ2FX+JM
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Turkish—“Ksalon” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “کسالون”
- Czech: “Kesalon”
- Czech: “Ksalon”
- Dutch: “Ksalon”
- French: “Ksalon”
- Hebrew: “כסלון”
- Irish: “Ksalon”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Ksalon”
- Persian: “کسالون”
- Polish: “Kesalon”
- Polish: “Ksalon”
- Turkish: “Ksalon”
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