Khirbat Umm Burj
Khirbat Umm Burj was a Palestinian Arab village in the Hebron Subdistrict, sometimes designated in modern maps as Burgin. Its ruins are today located within the borders of Israel.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Ruin
- Description: village in Mandatory Palestine
- Also known as: “Burgin”, “Horbat Buregin”, “Horbat Burgin”, “Horvat Borgin”, “Horvat Burgin”, “Hurvat Burgin”, “Khirbet Burgin”, and “Umm Burj, Khirbat”
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Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Horvat Itri and Tel Adullam.
Horvat Itri
Archaeological site
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Horvat 'Ethri, or Umm Suweid, is an archaeological site situated in the Judean Lowlands in modern-day Israel. Excavations at the site have uncovered the remains of a partially restored Jewish village from the Second Temple period. Horvat Itri is situated 1½ km north of Khirbat Umm Burj.
Tel Adullam
Peak
Photo: Davidbena, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Adullam is an ancient ruin once numbered among the thirty-six cities of Canaan whose kings "Joshua and the children of Israel smote". After that, it fell as an inheritance to the tribe of Judah and was included in the northern division of the Shephelah "lowland" cities of the land of Judah. Tel Adullam is situated 3½ km northeast of Khirbat Umm Burj.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Nehusha and Tzafririm.
Nehusha
Village
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Nehusha is a moshav in central Israel. Located five kilometres north-east of Beit Guvrin, it falls under the jurisdiction of Mateh Yehuda Regional Council. In 2023 it had a population of 1,477.
Tzafririm
Village
Photo: Zivya, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Tzafririm is a moshav in central Israel. Located near Beit Shemesh, it falls under the jurisdiction of Mateh Yehuda Regional Council. In 2023 it had a population of 442. Tzafririm is situated 3½ km northwest of Khirbat Umm Burj.
Aderet
Village
Photo: Ranbar, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Aderet is a moshav in central Israel. Located in the Judean foothills in the Adullam region, south of Beit Shemesh, west of Gush Etzion and overlooking the Valley of Elah, it falls under the jurisdiction of Mateh Yehuda Regional Council. Aderet is situated 3½ km northeast of Khirbat Umm Burj.
Khirbat Umm Burj
- Categories: former village, archaeological site, ruins, depopulated Palestinian village, human settlement, village, former settlement, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Jerusalem District, Israel, Middle East, Asia
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Urdu—“Khirbat Umm Burj” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “أم برج”
- French: “Khirbat Umm Burj”
- Hebrew: “H̱orbat Buregin”
- Hebrew: “חורבת בורגין”
- Hebrew: “חרבת בורגין”
- Indonesian: “Khirbat Umm Burj”
- Polish: “Umm Burdż”
- Turkish: “Khirbat Umm Burj”
- Urdu: “خربہ ام برج”
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