At-Tuwani

Tawani or at-Tuwani is a Palestinian village in the south Hebron Hills of the . Many of the village's residents formerly lived in dwelling caves.
Wikipedia
Photo: حمزة راشد, CC BY-SA 4.0.
  • Type: Village with 321 residents
  • Description: place in the West Bank
  • Also known as: “At Tuwānī” and “Khirbat aţ Ţuwānī”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Tell Maon and Ar-Rifa’iyya.

Archaeological site
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Khirbet Ma'in or Tell Máîn, i.e. 'Ma'in Ruins/Tell of Ma'in', or Horvat Maon/H. Ma'on, is an archaeological site in the Hebron Hills, , rising 863 metres above sea level, where the remains of the ancient town of Ma'on have been excavated.

Residential area
Ar-Rifa'iyya, is a Palestinian village in the , located east of the city of and south of the city of in the , and within the lands occupied after the 1967 war. is situated 4 km north of At-Tuwani.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ma’on and Avigail.

Village
Photo: Daniel Ventura, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Ma'on is an Israeli settlement organized as a moshav shitufi in the . Located in the Judean Hills south of and north of , it falls under the jurisdiction of Har Hevron Regional Council.

Village
Photo: Daniel Ventura, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Avigayil is an illegal Israeli settlement in the . It lies between the settlements of and in the southern Hebron Hills. The settlement is situated east of the Israeli West Bank barrier, 4.7 km from the Green line on what is officially known as Hilltop 850.

Village
Ma'in is a small Palestinian village in the south Hebron Hills of the , located 14 kilometers south of . It is bordered by the villages of at-Tuwani to the east, village to the north, Khallet Salih to the west, and Qawawis to the south.

At-Tuwani

Latitude
31.41333° or 31° 24′ 48″ north
Longitude
35.15332° or 35° 9′ 12″ east
Population
321
Elevation
743 metres (2,438 feet)
Open location code
8G3QC573+88
Open­Street­Map ID
node 4190236752
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
7891513
Wiki­data ID
Q2899654
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Spanish—“At-Tuwani” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “التوانة”
  • Arabic: “التواني”
  • Catalan: “At-Tuwani”
  • Cebuano: “At Tuwānī”
  • Dutch: “At-Tuwani”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “التوانى”
  • French: “At-tuwani”
  • French: “At-Tuwani”
  • Hebrew: “א-טוואני”
  • Hebrew: “א-תוואנה”
  • Hebrew: “א-תוואני”
  • Italian: “At-Tuwani”
  • Persian: “التوانی (فلسطین)”
  • Persian: “التوانی”
  • Spanish: “At Tuwani”
  • “At-Tuwani”

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