Oranit
Oranit is an Israeli settlement and local council located in the Seam Zone of the West Bank, abutting and crossing the Green Line. It is surrounded by Horshim forest to the west, Rosh HaAyin and Kfar Qasim to the southwest, Sha'arei Tikva to the east, and Khirbet Abu Salman to the northeast.Places of Interest
Highlights: Kesem cave.
Kesem cave
Ruins
Qesem Cave is a Lower Paleolithic archaeological site near the city of Kafr Qasim in Israel. Kesem cave is situated 3 km south of Oranit.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Nirit and Kafr Bara.
Oranit
- Type: Village with 6,000 residents
- Description: Israeli settlement in the West Bank
- Categories: human settlement, Israeli settlement, and locality
- Location: West Bank, Palestine, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
32.13092° or 32° 7′ 51″ north
Longitude
34.99196° or 34° 59′ 31″ east
Population
6,000
Elevation
140 metres (459 feet)
Open location code
8G4P4XJR+9Q
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Swedish—“Oranit” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “أورانيت”
- Arabic: “أورنيت”
- Bulgarian: “Оранит”
- Catalan: “Oranit”
- Cebuano: “Oranit”
- Czech: “Oranit”
- Dutch: “Oranit”
- Egyptian Arabic: “اورانيت”
- Finnish: “Oranit”
- French: “Oranit”
- German: “Oranit”
- Hebrew: “אורנית” (historical)
- Italian: “Oranit”
- Japanese: “オラニト”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Oranit”
- Persian: “اورانیت، منطقه مسکونی”
- Persian: “اورانیت”
- Polish: “Oranit”
- Russian: “Оранит”
- Serbian: “Оранит”
- Spanish: “Oranit”
- Swedish: “Oranit”
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: ‘Izbat Salman and عزبة سلمان.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: גן תיבת נח and Hall of Peace.
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Worth a closer look: Bethlehem and Ramallah.
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