Avigail

Avigayil is an illegal Israeli settlement in the . It lies between the settlements of and in the southern Hebron Hills. The settlement is situated east of the Israeli West Bank barrier, 4.7 km kilometers from the Green line on what is officially known as Hilltop 850.
Wikipedia
  • Type: Village
  • Description: Israeli settlement in the West Bank
  • Also known as: “Avigayil”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Tell Maon and Ancient Susya.

Archaeological site
Horvat Maon/H. Ma'on, Arabic: Khirbet Ma'in or Tell Máîn, i.e. 'Ma'in Ruins/Tell of Ma'in', is an archaeological site in the Hebron Hills, , rising 863 metres above sea level, where the remains of the ancient town of Ma'on have been excavated.

Archaeological site
Photo: Daniel Ventura, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Susya is a location in the southern in the . It houses an archaeological site with extensive remains from the Late Roman and Byzantine periods, including the ruins of an archeologically notable synagogue, repurposed as a after the Muslim conquest of Palestine in the 7th century. is situated 4 km west of Avigail.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include At-Tuwani and Mitzpe Yair.

Village
Photo: יורם שורק, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Tawani or is a Palestinian village in the south Hebron Hills of the . Many of the village's residents formerly lived in dwelling caves.

Hamlet
is an unauthorized Israeli settlement in the Israeli-occupied . Located two kilometres south-east of the settlement of , it falls under the jurisdiction of Har Hebron Regional Council.

Village
Photo: Daniel Ventura, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Ma'on is an Israeli settlement organized as a moshav shitufi in the . Located in the Judean Hills south of and north of , it falls under the jurisdiction of Har Hevron Regional Council.

Avigail

Latitude
31.40276° or 31° 24′ 10″ north
Longitude
35.14187° or 35° 8′ 31″ east
Open location code
8G3QC43R+4P
Open­Street­Map ID
node 13296387531
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Wiki­data ID
Q4828813
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Polish—“Avigail” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “أفيغايل”
  • Czech: “Abigail”
  • Czech: “Avigail”
  • French: “Avigail”
  • French: “Avigayil”
  • Hebrew: “אביגיל”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Avigayil”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Avigayil”
  • Norwegian: “Avigayil”
  • Polish: “Awigail”

Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include תצפית הבור and מעיין המערה באביגיל.

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