Horbat Burgin

Khirbat Umm Burj was a Palestinian Arab village in the Hebron Subdistrict, sometimes designated in modern maps as Burgin. Its ruins are today located within the borders of .
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  • Type: Peak with an elevation of 452 metres
  • Description: village in Mandatory Palestine
  • Also known as: “Burgin”, “Horbat Buregin”, “Horvat Borgin”, “Horvat Burgin”, “Hurvat Burgin”, “Khirbat Umm Burj”, “Khirbet Burgin”, and “Umm Burj, Khirbat”
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Places of Interest

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Archaeological site
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Horvat 'Ethri, or Umm Suweid, is an archaeological site situated in the in modern-day . Excavations at the site have uncovered the remains of a partially restored Jewish village from the Second Temple period.

Peak
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Adullam is an ancient ruin once numbered among the thirty-six cities of Canaan whose kings "Joshua and the children of Israel smote". After that, it fell as an inheritance to the tribe of Judah and was included in the northern division of the "lowland" cities of the land of Judah.

Archaeological site
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, or Khirbet Drūsye in Arabic, is an archaeological site located in the central , in modern-day . It contains the remains of an ancient settlement situated on the slopes of a spur near an ancient road that once connected with the southern .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Nehusha and Aderet.

Village
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is a moshav in central . Located five kilometres north-east of , it falls under the jurisdiction of Mateh Yehuda Regional Council. In 2024 it had a population of 1,421.

Village
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is a moshav in central . Located in the foothills in the region, south of , west of and overlooking the , it falls under the jurisdiction of Mateh Yehuda Regional Council.

Village
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is a moshav in central Israel. Located near , it falls under the jurisdiction of Mateh Yehuda Regional Council. In 2024 it had a population of 438.

Horbat Burgin

Latitude
31.6355° or 31° 38′ 8″ north
Longitude
34.9692° or 34° 58′ 9″ east
Elevation
452 metres (1,483 feet)
Open location code
8G3PJXP9+5M
Open­Street­Map ID
node 7236345835
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­archaeological_site
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­peak
Wiki­data ID
Q7881627
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Urdu—“Horbat Burgin” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “أم برج”
  • French: “Khirbat Umm Burj”
  • Hebrew: “חורבת בורגין”
  • Indonesian: “Khirbat Umm Burj”
  • Persian: “خربت ام‌برج”
  • Polish: “Umm Burdż”
  • Turkish: “Khirbat Umm Burj”
  • Urdu: “خربہ ام برج”

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