Dayr Aban
Dayr Aban was a Palestinian Arab village in the Jerusalem Subdistrict, located on the lower slope of a high ridge that formed the western slope of a mountain, to the east of Beit Shemesh.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Ruins
- Description: village in Jerusalem, Palestine
- Also known as: “Deir Aban”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Avshalom Cave and Biblical Museum of Natural History.
Avshalom Cave
Cave
Photo: Relly.hendel, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Avshalom Cave, 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 Israel, unique for its dense concentration of stalactites and other cave formations. Avshalom Cave is situated 1½ km northeast of Dayr Aban.
Biblical Museum of Natural History
Museum
The Biblical Museum of Natural History, currently located in Hartuv at the entrance to Beit Shemesh, Israel, was founded in 2014 by Rabbi Dr. Natan Slifkin, affectionately referred to as the "Zoo Rabbi."… Biblical Museum of Natural History is situated 2 km northwest of Dayr Aban.
Te’omim Cave
Cave
Photo: Yuvalr, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Te'omim Cave, or the Twins Cave, Arabic name Mughâret Umm et-Tûeimîn, is a karstic cave within a nature reserve in Israel located on the western edges of the Jerusalem Mountains, in the vicinity of Beit Shemesh. Te’omim Cave is situated 2 km southeast of Dayr Aban.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Mahseya and Zanoah.
Mahseya
Village
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Mahseya is a moshav in central Israel. Located about two kilometers east of Beit Shemesh, it falls under the jurisdiction of Mateh Yehuda Regional Council in the Jerusalem District. In 2023 it had a population of 500.
Zanoah
Village
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Zanoah is a moshav in central Israel. Located adjacent to Beit Shemesh, it falls under the jurisdiction of Mateh Yehuda Regional Council. In 2023 it had a population of 515.
Beit Shemesh
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Beit Shemesh is a city in the Shfela region of Israel, with a population of 119,000. Excluding the West Bank, Beit Shemesh is the closest city to Jerusalem.
Dayr Aban
- Categories: district, depopulated Palestinian village, human settlement, village, former settlement, and historic site
- Location: Jerusalem District, Israel, Middle East, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
31.74354° or 31° 44′ 37″ northLongitude
35.01085° or 35° 0′ 39″ eastOpen location code
8G3QP2V6+C8OpenStreetMap ID
node 8244013099OpenStreetMap feature
historic=ruinsWikidata ID
Q2896327
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Urdu—“Dayr Aban” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “دير آبان”
- Hebrew: “דיר אבאן”
- Hebrew: “דיר אבן”
- Hebrew: “דיר רבן”
- Hebrew: “דיר-אבאן”
- Hebrew: “דיר־אבאן”
- Indonesian: “Dayr Aban”
- Lak: “Дерфул”
- Polish: “Dajr Aban”
- Urdu: “دیر آبان”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Dayr Aban”. Photo: Davidbena, CC BY-SA 4.0.