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Jerusalem District

Horvat Kobi

Horvat Kobi is an archaeological site in , . Horvat Kobi is situated nearby to the ruins , as well as near the spring .
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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Al-Qabu and Beitar.

Ruins
Photo: Agmonsnir, CC BY-SA 4.0.
was a Palestinian Arab village in the Jerusalem Subdistrict. The name is an Arabic variation of the site's original Roman name, and the ruins of a church there are thought to date to the era of Byzantine or Crusader rule over Palestine.

Ruins
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Betar was an ancient Jewish town in the , continuously inhabited since the Iron Age and up until the 2nd century CE. It is most famously known as the final stronghold of the Bar Kokhba revolt. is situated 1½ km east of Horvat Kobi.

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, located in the Mateh Yehuda Region near , is a memorial to John F. Kennedy, the 35th President of the United States, who was assassinated in , , in 1963. is situated 2½ km northeast of Horvat Kobi.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Mevo Beiter and Battir.

Village
Photo: Idobi, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Mevo Beitar is a moshav shitufi in central . Located ten kilometres south-west of in the , it falls under the jurisdiction of Mateh Yehuda Regional Council. In 2023 it had a population of 1,125.

Village
Photo: Ali.batha, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a Palestinian village in the of the State of Palestine, in the , 6.4 km west of , and southwest of .

Village
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is a Palestinian town located 9 km west of , in the . According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, had a population of 7,048 in 2017. is situated 2½ km southeast of Horvat Kobi.

Horvat Kobi

Latitude
31.72824° or 31° 43′ 42″ north
Longitude
35.12007° or 35° 7′ 12″ east
Open location code
8G3QP4HC+72
Open­Street­Map ID
node 2365289720
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­archaeological_site
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In Other Languages

“Horvat Kobi” goes by many names.
  • Hebrew: “חורבת קובי”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Ein Kobi and ‘פשוט מקום’ - באדיבות קק’ל.

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