El Rom
El Rom is an Israeli settlement organized as a kibbutz in the northern Golan Heights in the municipal territory of the Golan Regional Council. The international community considers Israeli settlements in the Golan Heights illegal under international law, but the Israeli government disputes this.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Deror avi, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Village with 274 residents
- Description: kibbutz in Israel
- Also known as: “Al Rum”, “Al Rūm”, and “Ar Rūm”
Places of Interest
Highlights include 1215 Mt. Hermonit and Palsar 7.
Har Odem
Peak
Photo: Shayshal2, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Har Odem is a peak, which is situated 2½ km northwest of El Rom.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Buq’ata and Odem.
Buq’ata
Village
Photo: Chaver83, Public domain.
Buq'ata is a Druze town, administered as a local council, in the northern section of the Israeli-occupied portion of the Golan Heights. Buq'ata covers an area of 7,000 dunams between two mountains in the Golan Heights, Mount Hermonit and Mount Varda. Buq’ata is situated 2½ km north of El Rom.
Odem
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Odem is an Israeli settlement and moshav shitufi in the northern part of the Golan Heights. Located on Mount Odem, at a height of 1,090 meters above sea level, it is the second-highest town in Israel and the Israeli-occupied territories. Odem is situated 3 km northwest of El Rom.
Merom Golan
Village
Merom Golan is an Israeli settlement organized as a kibbutz in the Western Golan Heights. The settlement was established as a kibbutz after Israel occupied the area in the Six Day War in 1967. Merom Golan is situated 5 km south of El Rom.
El Rom
- Categories: kibbutz and locality
- Location: Quneitra Governorate, Syria, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
33.17965° or 33° 10′ 47″ northLongitude
35.77212° or 35° 46′ 20″ eastPopulation
274Elevation
1,056 metres (3,465 feet)Open location code
8G5Q5QHC+VROpenStreetMap ID
node 1657260022OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
443109Wikidata ID
Q2889939
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