al-Kum
Al-Kum is a Palestinian village in the southern West Bank, part of the Hebron Governorate and located 13 kilometers west of Hebron.
Al-Kum is a Palestinian village in the southern West Bank, part of the Hebron Governorate and located 13 kilometers west of Hebron. Its municipal borders stretch from the border with Israel in the west to boundaries of the city of Dura in the east. It had a population of 1,464 in the 2017 census by the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics.
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Worth seeing in and around al-Kum
2 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Khirbet el-Qom
Khirbet el-Qom is an archaeological site in the village of al-Kum, West Bank, in the territory of the biblical Kingdom of Judah, between Lachish and Hebron, 14 km to the west of the latter.
700 m · archaeological tomb-site in the territory of the biblical kingdom of Judah, between Lachish and Hebron · Wikipedia - 02Khirbet el-Muraq
Khirbet el-Muraq, also known as Hilkiyah's Palace or Palace of Helcias, is an archaeological site located in the southern West Bank, in a transitional zone between the Hebron Hills and the Judaean Lowlands. The site features a mansion dating primarily to the Herodian and early Roman periods.
800 m · herodian-era mansion in the southern West Bank · Wikipedia
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Getting to al-Kum
- Airports
- Ben Gurion (TLV), 54 km · Queen Alia (AMM), 100 km · Marka International (Amman Civil) (ADJ), 109 km
- Tel Aviv → al-Kum63 km · quickest by road, 1h 43m · ₪29–39
- Amman → al-Kum104 km · quickest by road, 2h 53m · JD6–8
- El Arish → al-Kum119 km · quickest by road, 3h 52m · E£275–365
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No local-transport research exists yet for al-Kum
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for al-Kum. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Go nextNearby popular sights in the West Bank, that allow for a day trip from Hebron, include Tor-Safa Cave, Taffuh Underground Church, Tomb of Prophet Lot and Birkat al-Karmil (Holy Pool).
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Next door to al-Kum
al-Kum is 36 km from Jerusalem, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- As SimiyaPalestinian village in Hebron Governorate1.1 km
- Idnamunicipality in Hebron Governorate3.3 km
- Beit Awwamunicipality in Hebron Governorate2.7 km
- Deir Sammitmunicipality in Hebron Governorate1.6 km