Middle East
Israel
Southern District

Jattir

Jattir is a town in mentioned several times in the Hebrew Bible. It was known as Iethira during the 4th century CE, when it was a Christian town.
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  • Type: Archaeological site
  • Description: town mentioned in the Bible
  • Also known as: “Horbat Yattir”, “Khirba ‘Attīr”, “Khirbat ‘Atir”, and “Khirbat Attir”
Photo: Owenglyndur, CC BY 4.0.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Weizmann Institute Yatir Research Site.

Tower
Photo: Okedem, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Yatir Forest is a forest in on the edge of the Negev Desert. The forest covers an area of 30,000 dunams, and is the largest planted forest in Israel. is situated 3½ km east of Jattir.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Khirbet Zanuta and Asa’el.

Hamlet
was a Palestinian Bedouin village in the in the southern , located 20 kilometers south of . It was ethnically cleansed during the 2023 Gaza war. is situated 3 km northwest of Jattir.

Village
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Asa'el, also known as Mitzpe Asa'el, is an Israeli settlement in the . Located three kilometres south-east of , it falls under the jurisdiction of Har Hevron Regional Council. is situated 3½ km northeast of Jattir.

Village
Photo: Eman, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Shim'a, also Yonadav, is an Israeli settlement in the , along the Green Line south of and . Located on a hill 600 metres above sea level, it is organised as a community settlement and falls under the jurisdiction of Har Hevron Regional Council. is situated 4 km north of Jattir.

Jattir

Latitude
31.35348° or 31° 21′ 13″ north
Longitude
35.01639° or 35° 0′ 59″ east
Elevation
616 metres (2,021 feet)
Open location code
8G3Q9238+9H
Open­Street­Map ID
node 4497954215
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­archaeological_site
Geo­Names ID
294696
Wiki­data ID
Q11978271
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Turkish—“Jattir” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “خربة عتير”
  • Cebuano: “H̱orbat Yattir”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “خربة عتير”
  • French: “Yatir”
  • Hebrew: “חורבת יתיר”
  • Hebrew: “חרבת יתיר”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Jattir”
  • Norwegian: “Jattir”
  • Russian: “Ятир”
  • Turkish: “Jattir”

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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 “Jattir”. Photo: Shaofr, CC BY-SA 3.0.