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Alon Shvut

Alon Shvut is an Israeli settlement in the , established in June 1970 over lands confiscated from the nearby Palestinian town of .
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  • Type: Village with 3,150 residents
  • Description: Israeli settlement in the West Bank
  • Also known as: “Alon shvut”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Biar Aqueduct and Gush Etsyon Junction.

Archaeological site
Photo: Djampa, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The , or Wadi el-Biyar Aqueduct, is an ancient aqueduct in the northern Hebron Hills, south of , that formed part of the city's historic water-supply system.

Bus stop
Gush Etzion Junction, also known simply as Gush Junction, is a 120-dunam business, commercial and tourism center in the southern , which serves as the entry point to the bloc of settlements.

School
Photo: איתמר אוחנה, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a school.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Gush Etzion and Khirbet Beit Zakariyyah.

Photo: Deror avi, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a group of Israeli settlements in the between and , about 950 meters above the sea level. It has a rich history dating from the 1920s and 30s to recent times.

Hamlet
is a small Palestinian village southwest of in the , perched on a hill that rises about 995 metres above sea level.

Village
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is an Israeli settlement in the , organized as a religious kibbutz located in the Judean Hills between and in the southern , established in 1927, depopulated in 1948 by Arab forces and re-established in 1967.

Alon Shvut

Latitude
31.65492° or 31° 39′ 18″ north
Longitude
35.12677° or 35° 7′ 36″ east
Population
3,150
Elevation
960 metres (3,150 feet)
Open location code
8G3QM43G+XP
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1583582204
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
11979628
Wiki­data ID
Q2117476
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yiddish—“Alon Shvut” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “ألون شفوت”
  • Catalan: “Alon Shvut”
  • Czech: “Alon Shvut”
  • Czech: “Alon Švut”
  • Dutch: “Alon Shvut”
  • French: “Alon Shvut”
  • German: “Allon Schewut”
  • Hebrew: “אלון שבות”
  • Indonesian: “Alon Shvut”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Alon Shvut”
  • Persian: “الون شوات”
  • Polish: “Allon Shevut”
  • Polish: “Allon Szewut”
  • Polish: “Alon Szvut”
  • Portuguese: “Alon Shevut”
  • Portuguese: “Alon Shvut”
  • Portuguese: “Alon”
  • Russian: “Алон Швут”
  • Russian: “Алон-Швут”
  • Spanish: “Alon Shvut”
  • Yiddish: “אלון שבות”

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