Ein Gedi
Ein Gedi is an oasis in the Judaean Desert, near the Dead Sea, between Masada and the caves of Qumran. The name refers to Kibbutz Ein Gedi and to the nearby nature reserve.Photo: Grauesel, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Spring
- Description: nature reserve in Israel
- Also known as: “‘Ain Jidi”, “‘Ein Gedi”, “‘En Gedi”, “`En Gedi”, “Ain Jidy”, “Djidi”, “Ein Gedi Nature Reserve”, “Ein Gedi Oasis”, “Ein Gedi Spring”, “En Gedi”, “En Gedi Nature Reserve”, “Engeddi”, and “ʿEn Gedi”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Chalcolithic Temple and Ancient Synagogue.
Chalcolithic Temple
The Chalcolithic temple of Ein Gedi is a Ghassulian public building dating from around 3500 BCE. It lies on a scarp above the oasis of Ein Gedi, on the western shore of the Dead Sea, within modern-day Israel.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ein Gedi.
Ein Gedi
Village
Photo: Omer bern, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Ein Gedi is a kibbutz on the western shore of the Dead Sea in Israel. Located on the edge of the Judaean Desert at the site of historic Ein Gedi, it falls under the jurisdiction of Tamar Regional Council.
Ein Gedi
- Categories: national park, oasis, and body of water
- Location: Southern District, Negev, Israel, Middle East, Asia
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Yiddish—“Ein Gedi” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “المحمية الطبيعية عين جدي”
- Arabic: “عين جدي”
- Armenian: “Էյն Գեդի”
- Catalan: “Ein Guedi”
- Cebuano: “‘En Gedi (arkiyolohiyang dapit)”
- Cebuano: “‘En Gedi”
- Chinese: “恩戈地”
- Chinese: “恩盖迪”
- Chinese: “恩革狄”
- Chinese: “隱基底”
- Czech: “Ein Gedi”
- Czech: “Ejn Gedi”
- Czech: “En Gedi”
- Dutch: “Een Gedi”
- Dutch: “Ein Gedi”
- Dutch: “En Gedi”
- Dutch: “En-Gedi”
- Dutch: “Engedi”
- Egyptian Arabic: “عين جدى”
- Esperanto: “En-Gedi”
- Finnish: “En Gedi”
- French: “Ein Gedi”
- French: “Ein Guédi”
- French: “En-Gedi”
- French: “Engaddi”
- Galician: “Ein Gedi”
- Georgian: “ეინ გედი”
- German: “Ein Geddi”
- German: “Ein Gedi”
- German: “En Gedi”
- German: “Engedi”
- Hebrew: “חצצון תמר”
- Hebrew: “מסלול הטיול בעין גדי”
- Hebrew: “מסלולי ההליכה בעין גדי”
- Hebrew: “מעיין עין גדי”
- Hebrew: “נווה מדבר עין גדי”
- Hebrew: “עין גדי”
- Hebrew: “עֵין גֶּדִי”
- Hebrew: “עתיקות עין גדי”
- Hebrew: “שמורת טבע עין גדי”
- Hebrew: “שמורת עין גדי”
- Hungarian: “Én-Gedi”
- Indonesian: “Ein Gedi”
- Indonesian: “Taman Nasional Ein Gedi”
- Italian: “Ein Gedi”
- Italian: “En Gedi”
- Italian: “Engaddi”
- Italian: “parco nazionale di En Gedi”
- Italian: “parco nazionale En Gedi”
- Japanese: “エン・ゲディ”
- Low German: “Ein Gedi”
- Macedonian: “Ен Геди”
- Malay: “Ein Gedi”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “En-Gedi”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Ein Gedi”
- Norwegian: “En-Gedi”
- Polish: “Ein Gedi”
- Polish: “Park Narodowy Ein Gedi”
- Polish: “Park Narodowy En Gedi”
- Portuguese: “Ein Gedi”
- Portuguese: “En-Gedi”
- Portuguese: “Hazazom-Tamar”
- Russian: “Эйн-Геди”
- Slovenian: “Ein Gedi”
- Slovenian: “En Gedi”
- Slovenian: “Engedi”
- Spanish: “Ein Gadi”
- Spanish: “Ein Gedi”
- Spanish: “Ein Guedi”
- Spanish: “En gadi”
- Spanish: “En-gadi”
- Spanish: “Engadi”
- Spanish: “Engadí”
- Swedish: “‘En Gedi”
- Swedish: “En-Gedi”
- Turkish: “En Gedi”
- Ukrainian: “Ейн-Геді”
- Ukrainian: “Ейн-Ґеді”
- Ukrainian: “Національний парк Ейн-Геді”
- Yiddish: “עין גדי”
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