Middle East
Israel
Central District

Beit Hashmonai

Beit Hashmonai is a community settlement in central . Located five kilometers south-east of , it falls under the jurisdiction of . In 2023, it had a population of 2,162.
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  • Type: Village with 2,200 residents
  • Description: community settlement in Israel
  • Also known as: “Beit Hashmonay”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Tel Gezer and Ayalon Cave.

Peak
Gezer is an archaeological site in the foothills of the at the border of the roughly midway between and in central . is situated 3½ km south of Beit Hashmonai.

Cave
Photo: חובב אפלולית, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The is a large limestone cave near , , with a worldwide unique ecosystem. As photosynthesis is not possible inside the completely dark cave, the food chain that developed inside is solely based on bacteria capable of chemosynthesis: the… is situated 2½ km northeast of Beit Hashmonai.

Railway station
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Paatei Modi'in railway station is the next-to-last station on the -Modi'in Israel Railways line, serving the residents of Modi'in. It was opened in September 2007. is situated 4 km east of Beit Hashmonai.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Azaria and Kfar Shmuel.

Village
or Azarya is a moshav in central . Located in the around five kilometres south-east of Ramle, it falls under the jurisdiction of . In 2023 it had a population of 1,322.

Village
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
is a moshav in central . Located in the around six kilometres south of Ramle, it falls under the jurisdiction of . In 2023 it had a population of 953.

Village
Photo: Gilabrand, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a kibbutz in central . Located in the between Modi'in, Ramle and , it falls under the jurisdiction of . In 2023 it had a population of 427.

Beit Hashmonai

Latitude
31.88894° or 31° 53′ 20″ north
Longitude
34.91877° or 34° 55′ 8″ east
Population
2,200
Elevation
110 metres (361 feet)
Open location code
8G3PVWQ9+HG
Open­Street­Map ID
way 969609777
Open­Street­Map feature
landuse=­residential
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
390265
Wiki­data ID
Q2776813
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In Other Languages

From Czech to Turkish—“Beit Hashmonai” goes by many names.
  • Czech: “Beit Hashmonay”
  • Czech: “Bejt Chašmonaj”
  • Czech: “Bet Hashmonay”
  • French: “Beit Hashmonay”
  • Hebrew: “Bet H̱ashmonay”
  • Hebrew: “בית השמונאי”
  • Hebrew: “בית חשמונאי”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Beit Hashmonay”
  • Polish: “Beit Haszmonai”
  • Polish: “Bet Chaszmonaj”
  • Polish: “Bet Hashmonai”
  • Turkish: “Beyt Haşmonay”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Beit Hashmonai”. Photo: Idobi, CC BY-SA 3.0.