Nir Etzion Cemetery

Nir Etzion Cemetery is a cemetery in , . Nir Etzion Cemetery is situated nearby to , as well as near .

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Military Prison 6 and Nahal Mearot.

Prison
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Prison Six, officially Confinement Base 396 is an Israeli military prison located near , , on Oren Junction. It was the second military prison for IDF soldiers, after Prison Four in . is situated 1 km north of Nir Etzion Cemetery.

Tourism office
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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 near in northern . is situated 4 km south of Nir Etzion Cemetery.

Museum
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The Atlit detainee camp was an internment camp established by the authorities of Mandatory Palestine in the late 1930s on what is now the , 20 kilometres south of . is situated 2 km west of Nir Etzion Cemetery.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ein Hod and Yemin Ord.

Village
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is a village in in northern . Located at the foot of and southeast of , it falls under the jurisdiction of Hof HaCarmel Regional Council and has the status of community settlement.

Village
Yemin Orde Youth Village is an acclaimed youth village near , 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.

Village
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is a religious moshav shitufi in northern . Located between and near , at the foot of , it falls under the jurisdiction of Hof HaCarmel Regional Council. In 2024 it had a population of 660.

Nir Etzion Cemetery

Latitude
32.7061° or 32° 42′ 22″ north
Longitude
34.97143° or 34° 58′ 17″ east
Open location code
8G4PPX4C+CH
Open­Street­Map ID
way 333214422
Open­Street­Map feature
landuse=­cemetery
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In Other Languages

“Nir Etzion Cemetery” goes by many names.
  • Hebrew: “בית עלמין ניר עציון”

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