Bayt Jibrin

Bayt Jibrin or Beit Jibrin was an Arab village in the Hebron Subdistrict of British Mandatory Palestine, in what is today the State of Israel, which was depopulated during the 1948 Arab–Israeli War.
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  • Type: Archaeological site
  • Description: depopulated Palestinian town in Hebron, Palestine
  • Also known as: “Bajt Jibrin”, “Bayt Djibrin”, “Beit Jibrin”, “Bet Guverin”, “Bet Guvrin”, “Eleutheropolis”, “Mint of Eleutheropolis”, “بيت جبريل”, “بيت غوفرين”, and “伊柳塞羅波利斯”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Beth Guvrin and Amphitheater.

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or Beit Guvrin is a national park located in south-central , in the Shfela region.

Archaeological site
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is an archaeological site, which is situated 330 metres west of Bayt Jibrin.

Ruins
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Maresha was an Iron Age city mentioned in the Hebrew… is situated 1½ km south of Bayt Jibrin.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Beit Guvrin and Kfar Zoharim.

Village
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is a kibbutz in the Lakhish region, west…

Hamlet
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, officially Ramot Yehuda-Zoharim… is situated 3 km northeast of Bayt Jibrin.

Village
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is a kibbutz in the Lakhish region of south-central . is situated 5 km northwest of Bayt Jibrin.

Bayt Jibrin

Latitude
31.60711° or 31° 36′ 26″ north
Longitude
34.89715° or 34° 53′ 50″ east
Elevation
270 metres (886 feet)
Open location code
8G3PJV4W+RV
Geo­Names ID
295468
Wiki­data ID
Q556637
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In Other Languages

From Ancient Greek to Urdu—“Bayt Jibrin” goes by many names.
  • Ancient Greek (to 1453): “Βαιτογάβρα”
  • Arabic: “بيت جبرين”
  • Catalan: “Bayt Jibrin”
  • Chinese: “拜特·吉布林”
  • Chinese: “拜特吉卜林”
  • Croatian: “Bet-Guvrin”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “بيت جبرين”
  • Finnish: “Bayt Jibrin”
  • French: “Bayt Jibrin”
  • Hebrew: “בית ג’יברין”
  • Hebrew: “בית גברין”
  • Indonesian: “Bayt Jibrin”
  • Japanese: “バイト・ジブリーン”
  • Persian: “بیت جبرین”
  • Polish: “Bajt Dżibrin”
  • Russian: “Бейт Гуврин”
  • Urdu: “بیت جبرین”

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Localities in the Area

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