El Rom

El Rom is an Israeli settlement organized as a kibbutz in the northern 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.
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  • 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.

Peak
Photo: Idobi, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Mount Hermonit, also known as the little Hermon is the second highest mountain in the Golan Heights and an inactive volcano. Located 1,216 m above the sea level.

Memorial
Photo: Jakednb, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a memorial.

Peak
Photo: Shayshal2, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a peak, which is situated 2½ km northwest of El Rom.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Buq’ata and Odem.

Village
Photo: Chaver83, Public domain.
Buq'ata is a town in southwestern Syria, in the , . It has been under Israeli occupation since 1967 and is administered by Israel as a local council. is situated 2½ km north of El Rom.

Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is an Israeli settlement and moshav shitufi in the northern part of the . Located on Mount , at a height of 1,090 meters above sea level, it is the second-highest town in Israel and the Israeli-occupied territories. is situated 3 km northwest of El Rom.

Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 2.5.
is an Israeli settlement organized as a kibbutz in the . Located at the bottom of the volcanic crater of , it falls under the jurisdiction of Golan Regional Council. is situated 5 km south of El Rom.

El Rom

Latitude
33.17965° or 33° 10′ 47″ north
Longitude
35.77212° or 35° 46′ 20″ east
Population
274
Elevation
1,056 metres (3,465 feet)
Open location code
8G5Q5QHC+VR
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1657260022
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
443109
Wiki­data ID
Q2889939
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Vietnamese—“El Rom” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “الروم”
  • Czech: “El Rom”
  • Dutch: “El Rom”
  • French: “El Rom”
  • Hebrew: “אל רום”
  • Hebrew: “אל-רום”
  • Hebrew: “קיבוץ אל-רום”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “El Rom”
  • Polish: “El Rom”
  • Polish: “El-Rom”
  • Spanish: “El Rom”
  • Turkish: “El Rom”
  • Vietnamese: “El Rom”

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