Middle East
Israel
Central District

Beit Hashmonai

Beit Hashmonai is a village in , . Beit Hashmonai is situated nearby to the village , as well as near .
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Tel Gezer and Ayalon Cave.

Peak
Gezer, or , in Arabic: تل الجزر – Tell Jezar or Tell el-Jezari is an archaeological site in the foothills of the at the border of the Shfela region roughly midway between and . is situated 3 km south of Beit Hashmonai.

Cave
Photo: חובב אפלולית, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The is a large limestone cave near , , with a worldwide unique ecosystem. As photosynthesis is not possible inside the completely dark cave, the food chain that developed inside is solely based on bacteria capable of chemosynthesis: the… is situated 2½ km north of Beit Hashmonai.

Railway station
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Paatei Modi'in railway station is the next-to-last station on the -Modi'in Israel Railways line, serving the residents of Modi'in. It was opened in September 2007. is situated 4 km east of Beit Hashmonai.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Beit Hashmonai and Azaria.

Village
Photo: Idobi, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a community settlement in central . Located five kilometers south-east of , it falls under the jurisdiction of . In 2023, it had a population of 2,162.

Village
or Azarya is a moshav in central . Located in the around five kilometres south-east of Ramle, it falls under the jurisdiction of . In 2023 it had a population of 1,322.

Village
Photo: Gilabrand, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a kibbutz in central . Located in the between Modi'in, Ramle and , it falls under the jurisdiction of . In 2023 it had a population of 427.

Beit Hashmonai

Latitude
31.88801° or 31° 53′ 17″ north
Longitude
34.91901° or 34° 55′ 8″ east
Open location code
8G3PVWQ9+6J
Open­Street­Map ID
node 278474498
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Hebrew—“Beit Hashmonai” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “بيت حشمونائي”
  • French: “Beit Hashmonay”
  • Hebrew: “בית חשמונאי”

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