Eshtaol

Eshtaol is a village in , . Eshtaol is situated nearby to the village , as well as near .

Places of Interest

Highlights include Hartuv and Avshalom Cave.

Historic site
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, Arabic: ارتون) or Har-Tuv was an agricultural colony in the Judean Hills established in 1882 on land purchased from the Arab village of Artuf by English missionaries.

Cave
Photo: Relly.hendel, CC BY-SA 4.0.
, known in academic literature as Soreq Cave and popularly as Stalactites Cave, is a 5,000 m2 cave on the western side of Mt. Ye'ela, in the Judean hills in , known for its dense concentration of stalactites and other cave formations. is situated 3 km southeast of Eshtaol.

Cave
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is a cave.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Eshtaol and Naham.

Village
Photo: יעקב, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a moshav in central , and a biblical location mentioned in the Books of Joshua and Judges and in the first Book of Chronicles. Located 6 km north of the city of , it falls under the jurisdiction of Mateh Yehuda Regional Council.

Village
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is a moshav in central . Located near , it falls under the jurisdiction of Mateh Yehuda Regional Council. In 2024 it had a population of 626.

Village
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is a moshav in central . Located near the city of with an area of 1,000 dunams, it falls under the jurisdiction of Mateh Yehuda Regional Council. In 2024 it had a population of 942.

Eshtaol

Latitude
31.7802° or 31° 46′ 49″ north
Longitude
35.00979° or 35° 0′ 35″ east
Open location code
8G3QQ2J5+3W
Open­Street­Map ID
node 278476456
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Russian—“Eshtaol” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “اشتاؤول”
  • Czech: “Ešta’ol”
  • French: “Eshtaol”
  • Hebrew: “אשתאול”
  • Russian: “Эштаоль”

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