Elusa
The ancient city of Halasa or Chellous, Elusa in the Byzantine period, was a city in the Negev near present-day Kibbutz Mash'abei Sadeh that was once part of the Nabataean Incense Route.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Archaeological site
- Description: archaeological site in Israel
- Also known as: “Haluza”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Retamim and Revivim.
Retamim
Village
Retamim is a kibbutz in the central Negev desert in southern Israel. Located three kilometres northwest of Revivim, it falls under the jurisdiction of Ramat HaNegev Regional Council. In 2023 it had a population of 783. Retamim is situated 6 km southeast of Elusa.
Revivim
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Revivim is a kibbutz in the Negev desert in southern Israel. Located around half an hour south of Beersheba, it falls under the jurisdiction of Ramat HaNegev Regional Council. In 2023 it had a population of 824. Revivim is situated 9 km southeast of Elusa.
Bir Hadaj
Village
Photo: Idobi, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Bir Hadaj is a Bedouin agricultural town located in the Negev desert, near Revivim, Israel. In 2023 its population was 2,839. Bir Hadaj is situated 9 km southeast of Elusa.
Elusa
- Categories: historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Southern District, Israel, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
31.09667° or 31° 5′ 48″ northLongitude
34.65612° or 34° 39′ 22″ eastOpen location code
8G3P3MW4+MCOpenStreetMap ID
way 219001330OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_siteWikidata ID
Q923921
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Vietnamese—“Elusa” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Haluza”
- Czech: “Chaluca”
- Dutch: “Haluza”
- Finnish: “Haluza”
- French: “Haluza”
- German: “Elusa”
- Greek: “Χαλούζα”
- Hebrew: “חורבות חלוצה”
- Hebrew: “חלוצה”
- Italian: “diocesi di Elusa”
- Japanese: “ハルザ”
- Lithuanian: “Haluca”
- Mongolian: “Халуза”
- Polish: “Al-Chalasa”
- Polish: “Chaluca”
- Polish: “Elusa”
- Polish: “Haluza”
- Polish: “חלוצה”
- Polish: “الخلصة”
- Russian: “Халуца”
- Spanish: “Haluza”
- Turkish: “Haluza”
- Ukrainian: “Халуца”
- Vietnamese: “Haluza”
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