Avnei Hen
Avnei Hen is a suburb in Central District, Israel. Avnei Hen is situated nearby to the neighborhood HaZipporim, as well as near the suburb HaMeginim.Places of Interest
Highlights include Modi’in Center and Barfilya.
Modi’in Center
Railway station
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Modi'in–Center railway station is an Israel Railways passenger terminal and one of two stations serving Modi'in. It is the terminus of the Nahariya-Modi'in line, with service to the airport, Tel Aviv, Haifa, and Akko.
Barfilya
Peak
Photo: McKaby, Public domain.
Barfiliya was a Palestinian village located 10.5 kilometres east of Ramla that was depopulated during the 1948 Arab–Israeli War. Located on a tell, excavations conducted there by Israeli archaeologists beginning in 1995 found artifacts dating back to the Pre-Pottery Neolithic A period.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Modi’in and Shilat.
Modi’in
Photo: Righteos, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Modi'in is a relatively new Israeli city located in the Shfela, halfway between Jerusalem and Tel Aviv. There are some archaeological sites in the city as well as popular tourist attractions nearby.
Shilat
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Shilat is a moshav partially in Israel and partially in the Latrun salient of the Green Line. Located around a kilometre north of Modi'in, it falls under the jurisdiction of Hevel Modi'in Regional Council. Shilat is situated 3 km northeast of Avnei Hen.
Ganei Modi’in
Village
Ganei Modi'in is an Israeli settlement in the West Bank. Located just over the Green Line to the north of Modi'in-Maccabim-Re'ut, it falls under the jurisdiction of Mateh Binyamin Regional Council. Ganei Modi’in is situated 3½ km northeast of Avnei Hen.
Avnei Hen
- Type: Suburb
- Category: locality
- Location: Central District, Israel, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
31.90352° or 31° 54′ 13″ northLongitude
34.99653° or 34° 59′ 48″ eastOpen location code
8G3PWX3W+CJOpenStreetMap ID
node 1484926919OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburb
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In Other Languages
From French to Hebrew—“Avnei Hen” goes by many names.
- French: “Avnei Hen”
- Hebrew: “אבני חן”
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