Dayr Aban
Dayr Aban was a Palestinian Arab village in the Jerusalem Subdistrict, located on the lower slope of a high ridge that formed the western slope of a mountain, to the east of Beit Shemesh.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Ruin
- Description: village in Jerusalem, Palestine
- Also known as: “Deiraban” and “Deirabān”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Te’omim Cave and Avshalom Cave.
Te’omim Cave
Cave
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The Te'omim Cave, or the Twins Cave, Arabic name Mughâret Umm et-Tûeimîn, is a karstic cave within a nature reserve in Israel located on the western edges of the Jerusalem Mountains, in the vicinity of Beit Shemesh. Te’omim Cave is situated 1 km southeast of Dayr Aban.
Avshalom Cave
Cave
Photo: Relly.hendel, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Avshalom Cave, known in academic literature as Soreq Cave and popularly as Stalactites Cave, is a 5,000 m2 cave on the western side of Mt. Ye'ela, in the Judean hills in Israel, known for its dense concentration of stalactites and other cave formations. Avshalom Cave is situated 2½ km north of Dayr Aban.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Zanoah and Mahseya.
Zanoah
Village
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Zanoah is a moshav in central Israel. Located adjacent to Beit Shemesh, it falls under the jurisdiction of Mateh Yehuda Regional Council. In 2023 it had a population of 515.
Mahseya
Village
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Mahseya is a moshav in central Israel. Located about two kilometers east of Beit Shemesh, it falls under the jurisdiction of Mateh Yehuda Regional Council in the Jerusalem District. In 2023 it had a population of 500.
Beit Shemesh
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Beit Shemesh is a city in the Shfela region of Israel, with a population of 119,000. Excluding the West Bank, Beit Shemesh is the closest city to Jerusalem.
Dayr Aban
- Categories: district, depopulated Palestinian village, human settlement, village, former settlement, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Jerusalem District, Israel, Middle East, Asia
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Urdu—“Dayr Aban” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “دير آبان”
- Hebrew: “דיר אבאן”
- Hebrew: “דיר אבן”
- Hebrew: “דיר רבן”
- Hebrew: “דיר-אבאן”
- Hebrew: “דיר־אבאן”
- Indonesian: “Dayr Aban”
- Lak: “Дерфул”
- Polish: “Dajr Aban”
- Urdu: “دیر آبان”
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