Nir Etzion
Nir Etzion is a village in Haifa District, Israel. Nir Etzion is situated nearby to the village Yemin Orde, as well as near Ein Hod.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Nahal Mearot and Military Prison 6.
Nahal Mearot
Tourism office
Photo: Yitzhak Marmelstein, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Caves of Nahal Me’arot / Wadi el-Mughara, named here by the Hebrew and Arabic name of the valley where they are located, are a UNESCO Site of Human Evolution in the Carmel mountain range near Haifa in northern Israel. Nahal Mearot is situated 4 km southwest of Nir Etzion.
Military Prison 6
Prison
Prison Six, officially Confinement Base 396 is an Israeli military prison located near Atlit, Israel, on Oren Junction. It was the second military prison for IDF soldiers, after Prison Four in Tzrifin. Military Prison 6 is situated 3 km northwest of Nir Etzion.
HaNahal Cave
Cave
El Wad is an archaeological site of the Epipalaeolithic Near East in Mount Carmel, Israel. The site has two components: El Wad Cave, also known as Mughārat al-Wād or HaNahal Cave; and El Wad Terrace, located immediately outside the cave. HaNahal Cave is situated 4 km southwest of Nir Etzion.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Nir Etzion and Yemin Ord.
Nir Etzion
Village
Photo: Elad.lub, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Nir Etzion is a religious moshav shitufi in northern Israel. Located between Ein Hod and Ein Hawd near Atlit, at the foot of Mount Carmel, it falls under the jurisdiction of Hof HaCarmel Regional Council. In 2023 it had a population of 816.
Yemin Ord
Village
Yemin Orde Youth Village is an acclaimed youth village near Haifa, Israel for at-risk youth, that delivers an all-encompassing school and home within a 24/7 framework; providing each student with the individual, peer and familial environment and support needed to succeed.
Ein Hod
Village
Ein Hod is a village in Haifa District in northern Israel. Located at the foot of Mount Carmel and southeast of Haifa, it falls under the jurisdiction of Hof HaCarmel Regional Council and has the status of community settlement.
Nir Etzion
- Type: Village
- Categories: residential area and locality
- Location: Haifa District, Israel, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
32.69777° or 32° 41′ 52″ northLongitude
34.99218° or 34° 59′ 32″ eastOpen location code
8G4PMXXR+4VOpenStreetMap ID
way 142058780OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=residentialOpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From French to Hebrew—“Nir Etzion” goes by many names.
- French: “Nir Etzion”
- Hebrew: “ניר עציון”
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