Khirbet Ma’in
Ma'in is a small Palestinian village in the south Hebron Hills of the Hebron Governorate, located 14 kilometers south of Hebron. It is bordered by the villages of at-Tuwani to the east, al-Karmil village to the north, Khallet Salih to the west, and Qawawis to the south.Places of Interest
Highlights include Tell Maon and Ancient Susya.
Tell Maon
Archaeological site
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Khirbet Ma'in or Tell Máîn, i.e. 'Ma'in Ruins/Tell of Ma'in', or Horvat Maon/H. Ma'on, is an archaeological site in the Hebron Hills, West Bank, rising 863 metres above sea level, where the remains of the ancient town of Ma'on have been excavated.
Ancient Susya
Archaeological site
Photo: Daniel Ventura, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Susya is a location in the southern Hebron Governorate in the West Bank. 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 mosque after the Muslim conquest of Palestine in the 7th century. Ancient Susya is situated 3 km west of Khirbet Ma’in.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Al-Karmil and Avigail.
Al-Karmil
Village
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al-Karmil is a Palestinian village located twelve kilometers south of Hebron. The village is in the Hebron Governorate Southern West Bank, within Area A under total Palestinian control.
Avigail
Village
Photo: Daniel Ventura, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Avigayil is an illegal Israeli settlement in the West Bank. It lies between the settlements of Ma'on and Susya 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.
At-Tuwani
Village
Photo: حمزة راشد, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Tawani or at-Tuwani is a Palestinian village in the south Hebron Hills of the Hebron Governorate. Many of the village's residents formerly lived in dwelling caves.
Khirbet Ma’in
- Type: Village
- Also known as: “Ma’in, Hebron”
- Category: locality
- Location: West Bank, Palestine, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
31.4112° or 31° 24′ 40″ northLongitude
35.13185° or 35° 7′ 55″ eastOpen location code
8G3QC46J+FPOpenStreetMap ID
node 14085699889OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageWikidata ID
Q121010455
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Hebrew—“Khirbet Ma’in” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “خربة معين”
- Arabic: “معين”
- Hebrew: “ח’רבת מעין”
- Hebrew: “מעין (כפר)”
- Hebrew: “מעין”
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