Har Amasa
Har Amasa is a Moshav shitufi in the south of Israel. Located near the Yatir Forest 20 kilometres south of Hebron and 14 km northwest of Arad, it is the only member of the Tamar Regional Council to be located in the highlands outside the Jordan Rift Valley.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Mountain with an elevation of 847 metres
- Description: human settlement in Israel
- Also known as: “Har `Amasa”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Tel Qeriyyot and Horvat ’Anim.
Tel Qeriyyot
Ruins
Khirbet al-Qaryatayn is a ruin c. 20 km south of Hebron and a few kilometres southeast of as-Samuʿ. It is identified with Biblical Kerioth, allotted to Judah in the Negeb. Tel Qeriyyot is situated 3 km northeast of Har Amasa.
Horvat ’Anim
Archaeological site
Horvat ʽAnim or Khirbet Ghuwein al-Tahta is a ruined hamlet and archaeological locality in the southern fringes of the Hebron Hills, within Israel’s Southern District, inside the Yatir Forest. Horvat ’Anim is situated 4 km northwest of Har Amasa.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Livne and Drijat.
Livne
Village
Photo: benda2011, Public domain.
Livne, also known as Shani is an Israeli settlement. Located in the southern Judaean Mountains, straddling the Green Line and therefore partly in Israel and partly in the West Bank, it is organised as a community settlement and falls under the jurisdiction of Har Hevron Regional Council. Livne is situated 3½ km northwest of Har Amasa.
Drijat
Village
Photo: Yoavd, Public domain.
Drijat, also known as Draijat, is an Arab village in southern Israel. Located in the Negev desert near Arad, between Kuseife and the Yatir Forest, it falls under the jurisdiction of al-Kasom Regional Council. In 2023 its population was 571. Drijat is situated 4 km southwest of Har Amasa.
Har Amasa
- Categories: human settlement and landform
- Location: Southern District, Israel, Middle East, Asia
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Turkish—“Har Amasa” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Har ‘Amasa”
- Czech: “Har Amasa”
- Dutch: “Har Amasa”
- French: “Har Amasa”
- Hebrew: “Har ‘Amasa”
- Hebrew: “הר עמשא”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Har Amasa”
- Polish: “Har Amasa”
- Romanian: “Har Amasa”
- Swedish: “Har ‘Amasa”
- Turkish: “Har Amasa”
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