As Samū‘
As Samu' or es-Samu' is a town in the Hebron Governorate of the West Bank, Palestine, 12 kilometers south of the city of Hebron and 60 kilometers southwest of Jerusalem.
As Samu' or es-Samu' is a town in the Hebron Governorate of the West Bank, Palestine, 12 kilometers south of the city of Hebron and 60 kilometers southwest of Jerusalem. The town had a population of 26,011 in 2017.
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Getting to As Samū‘
- Airports
- Ben Gurion (TLV), 70 km · Queen Alia (AMM), 95 km · Marka International (Amman Civil) (ADJ), 108 km
- Tel Aviv → As Samū‘81 km · quickest by road, 2h 25m · ₪35–47
- Amman → As Samū‘104 km · quickest by road, 3h 7m · JD6–8
- El Arish → As Samū‘124 km · quickest by road, 3h 40m · E£265–355
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No local-transport research exists yet for As Samū‘
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 As Samū‘. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inIt is difficult for the individual traveler to reach Israel by boat, and there are no regular ferries.
- Get aroundA sherut (Hebrew for service) or servees (Arabic) is a shared taxi that seats more than four people (the usual occupancy is ten).
- Get aroundTo differentiate from a shared taxi (sherut), a regular Israel taxi is sometimes called special (using the English word).
- Get aroundHitchhiking is more accepted in rural areas, particularly sparsely populated areas like the Golan Heights or between smaller towns in the West Bank that have little bus service, than in cities.
- Get aroundLocal West Bank settlers rely heavily on hitch-hiking for transportation.
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Next door to As Samū‘
As Samū‘ is 43 km from Jerusalem, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Asa'elIsraeli settlement in the West Bank3.7 km
- Khirbat al-Simiavillage council in Hebron Governorate3.9 km