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Khirbet Deir Abu Kabus

Khirbet Deir Abu Kabus is a ruins in , . Khirbet Deir Abu Kabus is situated nearby to the village , as well as near the government office .
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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Burma Road and Avshalom Cave.

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in was a makeshift bypass road between Kibbutz and , built under the supervision of General Mickey Marcus during the 1948 Siege of Jerusalem. It was named for the Chinese . is situated 2½ km north of Khirbet Deir Abu Kabus.

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 , unique for its dense concentration of stalactites and other cave formations. is situated 3½ km south of Khirbet Deir Abu Kabus.

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. is situated 2½ km southwest of Khirbet Deir Abu Kabus.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Eshtaol and Mesilat Zion.

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 the city of with an area of 1,000 dunams, it falls under the jurisdiction of Mateh Yehuda Regional Council. In 2023 it had a population of 934.

Village
Photo: אסף.צ, CC BY 2.5.
is a moshav in central . Located near , it falls under the jurisdiction of Mateh Yehuda Regional Council. In 2023 it had a population of 597.

Khirbet Deir Abu Kabus

Latitude
31.7855° or 31° 47′ 8″ north
Longitude
35.01034° or 35° 0′ 37″ east
Open location code
8G3QQ2P6+54
Open­Street­Map ID
node 8515652703
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­ruins
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In Other Languages

“Khirbet Deir Abu Kabus” goes by many names.
  • Hebrew: “חורבת דיר אבו קאבוס”

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