Gush Etzion

Gush Etzion 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.
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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.

Archaeological site
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Khirbet Jamjum is an archaeological site located in the western Hebron Hills of the modern-day . The settlement occupies the summit and southern saddle of a prominent limestone ridge.

Archaeological site
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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.

Scenic viewpoint
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is a scenic viewpoint.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Beitar Illit and Efratah.

Town
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is a Haredi Jewish-Israeli settlement organized as a city council in the Gush Etzion settlement bloc, ten kilometres southwest of in the .

Town
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Gush Etzion 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.

Town
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is a Palestinian town located eleven kilometers northwest of in the 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

Latitude
31.6578° or 31° 39′ 28″ north
Longitude
35.1208° or 35° 7′ 15″ east
Open location code
8G3QM45C+48
Wiki­data 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”
  • Asturian: “Gush Etzion”
  • 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”
  • Turkish: “Guş Etzion”
  • Ukrainian: “Ґуш-Еціон”
  • Yiddish: “גוש עציון”

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