Hura

Hura, or Houra is a Bedouin town in the of . It is located near and beside the town . The town was established in 1989 as a part of solution offered by the state for the consolidation of Negev Bedouin population, and was declared a local council in 1996.
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  • Town with about 23,900 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of around 420 metres (1,370 feet)
  • Description: Bedouin town in the Southern District of Israel
  • Also known as
    “חורה”
    “حورة”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Al-Sayyid and Meitar.
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or al-Sayed is a Bedouin village in . is situated 2½ km southwest of Hura.
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is a small town northeast of , in 's . is situated 3 km north of Hura.
Mulada, also known as Sa'wa, is a Bedouin village in the desert in southern . is situated 4 km southeast of Hura.

Hura

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Latitude
31.29858° or 31° 17′ 55″ north
Longitude
34.93485° or 34° 56′ 6″ east
Open location code
8G3P7WXM+CW
Open­Street­Map ID
way 605927545
Open­Street­Map feature
landuse=­residential
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
8374209
Wiki­data ID
Q1638374

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Urdu—“Hura” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “حورة (مدينة)”
  • Arabic: “حورة النقب”
  • Arabic: “حورة جنوب اسرائيل (فلسطين المحتلة)”
  • Arabic: “حورة‎”
  • Arabic: “حوره (بلدة فلسطينيه)”
  • Arabic: “مدينة حورة”
  • Arabic: “مدينة حوره”
  • Catalan: “Hura”
  • Croatian: “Hura”
  • Czech: “Chura”
  • Dutch: “Hura”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “حوره”
  • German: “Hura”
  • Hebrew: “H̱ura”
  • Hebrew: “חורה”
  • Irish: “Hura”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Hura”
  • Persian: “حوره، اسرائیل”
  • Persian: “حوره”
  • Polish: “Chura”
  • Polish: “Hura”
  • Russian: “Хура”
  • Spanish: “Hura”
  • Swedish: “Hura, Israel”
  • Swedish: “Hura”
  • Turkish: “Hura”
  • Urdu: “حورہ”

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