Hamama

Hamama was a Palestinian town of over 5,000 inhabitants that was depopulated during the 1948 Arab–Israeli War. It was located 24 kilometers north of .
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  • Type: Ruin
  • Description: village in Gaza, Mandatory Palestine
  • Also known as: “Hamame” and “Hammamah”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Ashkelon and Nitzanim sands.

Railway station
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The railway station is a railway station that is located in , . It is the southern terminus of the Binyamina–– and the –– suburban lines. is situated 3½ km southeast of Hamama.

Photo: אריאל מדינה, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Nitzanim Sand Dune Nature Reserve is a 21,600 dunam area within the area between and on the Southern Coastal Plain of the . is situated 3 km northeast of Hamama.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Be’er Ganim and Ashkelon.

Village
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Be'er Ganim is a community settlement in southern . It falls under the jurisdiction of Hof Ashkelon Regional Council and had a population of 2,890 in 2024.

Photo: Meronim, CC BY-SA 3.0.
or Ashqelon Hebrew אַשְׁקְלוֹן Arabic عسقلان ˁAsqalān; is a city on the Mediterranean coast of , 50 km to the south of .

Village
is a moshav in southern . Located four kilometres east of , it falls under the jurisdiction of Hof Ashkelon Regional Council. In 2024 it had a population of 1,308. is situated 5 km southeast of Hamama.

Hamama

Latitude
31.7° or 31° 42′ north
Longitude
34.58333° or 34° 35′ east
Elevation
40 metres (131 feet)
Open location code
8G3PPH2M+28
Geo­Names ID
294911
Wiki­data ID
Q5644017
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Satellite Map

Discover Hamama from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Urdu—“Hamama” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “حمامة”
  • Arabic: “حمامه (فلسطين)”
  • French: “Hamama”
  • French: “Hamameh”
  • Hebrew: “חמאמה”
  • Hebrew: “חממה (יישוב היסטורי)”
  • Indonesian: “Hamama”
  • Italian: “Hamama”
  • Japanese: “ハママ”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Hamama”
  • Norwegian: “Hamama”
  • Persian: “حمامه”
  • Urdu: “حمامہ، غزہ”

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