Ed Dawayima

Al-Dawayima, Dawaymeh or Dawayma was a Palestinian town, located in the former Hebron Subdistrict of Mandatory Palestine, and in what is now the Lakhish region, some 15 kilometres south-east of .
Wikipedia
  • Type: Ruins
  • Description: depopulated Palestinian village
  • Also known as: “Ad Duweima”, “Al-Dawayima”, “Dawaime”, and “Dawaymeh”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Beit Loya ruins.

Archaeological site
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 2.5.
Khirbet Beit Lei is an archaeological tell in the of . The site preserves remains of an settlement that was occupied across multiple periods, including the Hellenistic and early Roman eras, the Byzantine and early Islamic periods, and the Mamluk period. is situated 3½ km north of Ed Dawayima.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Amatsya and Karmay Katif.

Village
Amatzia is a moshav in south-central . Located around 8 km southeast of , it falls under the jurisdiction of Lakhish Regional Council. The population is a mix of religious and secular Israelis, and was 190 in 2024.

Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Karmei Katif is a communal settlement in southern . Located close to the Green Line of the southern , it falls under the jurisdiction of Lakhish Regional Council. In 2024 it had a population of 833.

Village
Photo: Meronim, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a communal settlement in south-central . Located in Hevel Lakhish, it falls under the jurisdiction of Lakhish Regional Council. In 2024, it had a population of 846.

Ed Dawayima

Latitude
31.53334° or 31° 32′ north
Longitude
34.91665° or 34° 54′ 60″ east
Open location code
8G3PGWM8+8M
Open­Street­Map ID
node 278473699
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­ruins
Wiki­data ID
Q2917375
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Urdu—“Ed Dawayima” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “الدوايمة”
  • Arabic: “الدَوايمَة”
  • Arabic: “الدوايمه”
  • Arabic: “دوايمة”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “الدوايمه”
  • French: “Al-Dawayima”
  • Hebrew: “א-דואימה”
  • Hebrew: “דווימה”
  • Indonesian: “Al-Dawayima”
  • Persian: “الدوایمه”
  • Polish: “Ad-Dawajima”
  • Polish: “Al-Dawajima”
  • Urdu: “الدوایمہ”

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