Middle East
Israel
Jerusalem District

Har Giora

Har Giora is a peak in , and has an elevation of 682 metres. Har Giora is situated nearby to the village , as well as near .
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  • Type: Peak with an elevation of 682 metres
  • Description: mountain in Israel
  • Also known as: “Har Giyyora” and “Mt. Giora”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Columbarium and Dayr al-Shaykh.

Archaeological site
Photo: Ealfons1, CC BY-SA 4.0.
A , also called a cinerarium, is a structure for the reverential and usually public storage of funerary urns holding cremated remains of the dead.

Ruins
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, also spelt Deir esh Sheikh, was a Palestinian Arab village in the Jerusalem Subdistrict, also known as the . It was located 16 kilometers west of .

Scenic viewpoint
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Bayt ʿIṭṭāb was a Palestinian Arab village located in the Jerusalem Subdistrict. Both during and after its incorporation into Crusader fiefdoms in the 12th century, its population was Arab.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Bar Giora and Nes Harim.

Village
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is a moshav in the Judean Mountains in . Located between and , it falls under the jurisdiction of Mateh Yehuda Regional Council. In 2023 it had a population of 728.

Village
Photo: יעקב, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a moshav settlement in central . Located in the foothills near and eight kilometres west of , it falls under the jurisdiction of Mateh Yehuda Regional Council.

Village
Photo: Agmonsnir, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a moshav in central . Located in the centre of the , it falls under the jurisdiction of Mateh Yehuda Regional Council. In 2023 it had a population of 675.

Har Giora

Latitude
31.74474° or 31° 44′ 41″ north
Longitude
35.08189° or 35° 4′ 55″ east
Elevation
682 metres (2,238 feet)
Open location code
8G3QP3VJ+VQ
Open­Street­Map ID
node 4391795491
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­peak
Geo­Names ID
294975
Wiki­data ID
Q12019118
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Swedish—“Har Giora” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Har Giyyora”
  • Czech: “Har Gi’ora”
  • Czech: “Har Giora”
  • Dutch: “Har Giora”
  • Hebrew: “הר גיורא”
  • Hebrew: “הר גיורה”
  • Ladin: “Har Giyyora”
  • Swedish: “Har Giyyora”

Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Sheikh Marzuq and Har Giora Nature Reserve.

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