Khirbet Shuweika

Khirbet Shuweika is a village in , and has about 282 residents. Khirbet Shuweika is situated nearby to the hamlet , as well as near .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Shim’a and Ad-Dhahiriya.

Village
Photo: Eman, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Shim'a, also Yonadav, is an Israeli settlement in the , along the Green Line south of and . Located on a hill 600 metres above sea level, it is organised as a community settlement and falls under the jurisdiction of Har Hevron Regional Council.

Town
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
is a city in the of , 22 km southwest of the city of in the southern . According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, had a population of 35,924 in 2017. is situated 3½ km west of Khirbet Shuweika.

Hamlet
was a Palestinian Bedouin village in the in the southern , located 20 kilometers south of . It was ethnically cleansed during the 2023 Gaza war. is situated 3½ km south of Khirbet Shuweika.

Khirbet Shuweika

Latitude
31.40127° or 31° 24′ 5″ north
Longitude
35.00642° or 35° 0′ 23″ east
Population
282
Open location code
8G3QC224+GH
Open­Street­Map ID
node 8365018328
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Hebrew—“Khirbet Shuweika” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “خربة شويكة”
  • French: “Chouika”
  • Hebrew: “חורבת שוויכה”

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