Ar Rakīz
Ar Rakīz is a locality in West Bank, Palestine and has an elevation of 826 metres. Ar Rakīz is situated nearby to the village Ma’on, as well as near At-Tuwani.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Tell Maon.
Tell Maon
Archaeological site
Horvat Maon/H. Ma'on, Arabic: Khirbet Ma'in or Tell Máîn, i.e. 'Ma'in Ruins/Tell of Ma'in', is an archaeological site in the Hebron Hills, West Bank, rising 863 metres above sea level, where the remains of the ancient town of Ma'on have been excavated. Tell Maon is situated 2½ km west of Ar Rakīz.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ma’on and At-Tuwani.
Ma’on
Village
Photo: Daniel Ventura, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Ma'on is an Israeli settlement organized as a moshav shitufi in the West Bank. Located in the Judean Hills south of Hebron and north of Beersheba, it falls under the jurisdiction of Har Hevron Regional Council.
At-Tuwani
Village
Photo: יורם שורק, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Tawani or at-Tuwani is a Palestinian village in the south Hebron Hills of the Hebron Governorate. Many of the village's residents formerly lived in dwelling caves.
Avigail
Village
Avigayil is an illegal Israeli settlement in the West Bank. It lies between the settlements of Ma'on and Susya in the southern Hebron Hills. The settlement is situated east of the Israeli West Bank barrier, 4.7 km kilometers from the Green line on what is officially known as Hilltop 850.
Ar Rakīz
- Type: Locality
- Also known as: “Ar Rakiz”
- Location: West Bank, Palestine, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
31.40923° or 31° 24′ 33″ northLongitude
35.16103° or 35° 9′ 40″ eastElevation
826 metres (2,710 feet)Open location code
8G3QC556+MCGeoNames ID
7892555
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In Other Languages
“Ar Rakīz” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “الركيز”
Localities in the Area
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