Gush Etzion
Gush Etzion is a group of Israeli settlements in the West Bank between Bethlehem and Hebron, about 950 meters above the sea level. It has a rich history dating from the 1920s and 30s to recent times.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: human settlement
- Description: cluster of Israeli settlements located in the Judaean Mountains
- Also known as: “Etzion bloc” and “Gush Ezyon”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Khirbet DJumdjum and Biar Aqueduct.
Khirbet DJumdjum
Archaeological site
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Khirbet DJumdjum is an archaeological site.
Biar Aqueduct
Archaeological site
Photo: Djampa, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Biar Aqueduct, or Wadi el-Biyar Aqueduct, is an ancient aqueduct in the northern Hebron Hills, south of Jerusalem, that formed part of the city's historic water-supply system.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Beitar Illit and Efrata.
Beitar Illit
Town
Beitar Illit is a Haredi Jewish-Israeli settlement organized as a city council in the Gush Etzion settlement bloc, ten kilometres southwest of Jerusalem in the West Bank.
Efrata
Town
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Gush Etzion is a group of Israeli settlements in the West Bank between Bethlehem and Hebron, about 950 meters above the sea level. It has a rich history dating from the 1920s and 30s to recent times.
Beit Ummar
Town
Photo: Palobserver, Public domain.
Beit Ummar is a Palestinian town located eleven kilometers northwest of Hebron in the Hebron Governorate of the State of Palestine. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, in 2017, the town had a population of 16,977 inhabitants.
Gush Etzion
- Location: West Bank, Palestine, Middle East, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
31.6578° or 31° 39′ 28″ northLongitude
35.1208° or 35° 7′ 15″ eastOpen location code
8G3QM45C+48Wikidata ID
Q990664
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Yiddish—“Gush Etzion” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “جوش إتسيون”
- Arabic: “جوش عصيون”
- Arabic: “غوش إتسيون”
- Bulgarian: “Гуш Ецион”
- Catalan: “Gush Etzion”
- Chinese: “古什埃齊翁”
- Chinese: “古什埃齐翁”
- Czech: “Guš Ecijon”
- Czech: “Guš Ecjon”
- Danish: “Gush Etzion”
- Dutch: “Goesh Etsion”
- Dutch: “Goesj Etsion”
- Dutch: “Gush Etsion”
- Dutch: “Gush Etzion”
- Dutch: “Gusj Etsion”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جوش عتصيون”
- Esperanto: “Guŝ Ecion”
- Finnish: “Gush Etzion”
- French: “Goush Etzion”
- German: “Gusch Etzion”
- German: “Gush Etzion”
- Greek: “Γκους Ετσιόν”
- Hebrew: “גוש עציון”
- Hebrew: “גוּשׁ עֶצְיוֹן”
- Indonesian: “Gush Etzion”
- Irish: “Gush Etzion”
- Irish: “جوش عتصيون”
- Italian: “Gush Etzion”
- Japanese: “グーシュ・エツィオン”
- Japanese: “グーシュ・エツヨン”
- Korean: “구시 에치온”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Gush Etzion”
- Norwegian: “Gush Etzion”
- Persian: “گوش عتصیون”
- Polish: “Gusz Ecion”
- Polish: “Gusz Ecjon”
- Portuguese: “Gush Etzion”
- Romanian: “Gush Etzion”
- Russian: “Гуш Эцион”
- Russian: “Гуш-Эцион”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Gush Etzion”
- Scottish Gaelic: “وش عتصيون”
- Spanish: “Gush Etzion”
- Ukrainian: “Ґуш-Еціон”
- Yiddish: “גוש עציון”
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About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Gush Etzion”. Photo: Deror avi, CC BY-SA 3.0.