Ein Gedi
Ein Gedi is a kibbutz on the western shore of the Dead Sea in Israel. Located on the edge of the Judaean Desert at the site of historic Ein Gedi, it falls under the jurisdiction of Tamar Regional Council.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village with 610 residents
- Description: kibbutz in Israel
- Also known as: “`En Gedi” and “Engeddi”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Ein Gedi and Ancient Synagogue.
Ein Gedi
Ein Gedi is an oasis in the Judaean Desert, near the Dead Sea, between Masada and the caves of Qumran. The name refers to Kibbutz Ein Gedi and to the nearby nature reserve.
Chalcolithic Temple
The Chalcolithic temple of Ein Gedi is a Ghassulian public building dating from around 3500 BCE. It lies on a scarp above the oasis of Ein Gedi, on the western shore of the Dead Sea, within modern-day Israel.
Ein Gedi
- Categories: kibbutz and locality
- Location: Southern District, Israel, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
31.4524° or 31° 27′ 9″ northLongitude
35.38482° or 35° 23′ 5″ eastPopulation
610Elevation
-285 metres (-935 feet)United Nations Location Code
IL EIGOpen location code
8G3QF92M+XWOpenStreetMap ID
node 278478136OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Turkish—“Ein Gedi” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “عين جدي”
- Arabic: “عین گدی”
- Cebuano: “‘En Gedi”
- Czech: “Ejn Gedi”
- Dutch: “Ein Gedi”
- French: “Ein Gedi”
- German: “Ein Gedi”
- German: “En Gedi”
- Hebrew: “עין גדי”
- Hebrew: “קיבוץ עין גדי”
- Hindi: “ऐन गेडि”
- Korean: “엔게디 다윗의 피난처”
- Lithuanian: “Ein Gedi”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Ein Gedi kibbutz”
- Persian: “عین گدی (کیبوتز)”
- Persian: “عین گدی”
- Polish: “Ein Gedi”
- Polish: “En gedi”
- Polish: “En Gedi”
- Polish: “Engaddi”
- Romanian: “Ein Gedi”
- Russian: “Эйн-Геди”
- Slovenian: “Ein Gedi”
- Slovenian: “En Gedi”
- Spanish: “Ein Gedi”
- Swedish: “‘En Gedi”
- Turkish: “Ein Gedi-2”
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