Beit Awwa
Beit Awwa is a Palestinian town in the southern West Bank, in the Hebron Governorate of the State of Palestine, located 22 kilometres (14 mi) west of Hebron and 4 kilometers west of Dura.
Beit Awwa is a Palestinian town in the southern West Bank, in the Hebron Governorate of the State of Palestine, located 22 kilometres (14 mi) west of Hebron and 4 kilometers west of Dura. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, Beit Awwa had a population of 10,436 inhabitants in 2017.
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Worth seeing in and around Beit Awwa
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.
3.3 km · 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.
2.7 km · herodian-era mansion in the southern West Bank · Wikipedia
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Getting to Beit Awwa
- Airports
- Ben Gurion (TLV), 56 km · Queen Alia (AMM), 102 km · Marka International (Amman Civil) (ADJ), 111 km
- Tel Aviv → Beit Awwa66 km · quickest by road, 1h 43m · ₪28–37
- Eilat → Beit Awwa217 km · quickest by road, 4h 48m · ₪90–120
- Amman → Beit Awwa106 km · quickest by road, 2h 57m · JD6–8
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No local-transport research exists yet for Beit Awwa
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 Beit Awwa. 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 Beit Awwa
Beit Awwa is 38 km from Jerusalem, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- As SimiyaPalestinian village in Hebron Governorate2.4 km
- NegohotIsraeli settlement on the occupied Palestinian West Bank3.6 km
- al-Kumvillage council in Hebron Governorate2.7 km
- Deir Sammitmunicipality in Hebron Governorate2.7 km
- Al-Majd, Hebronvillage council in Hebron Governorate3.1 km
- Bnei DekalimCommunity settlement in southern Israel3.3 km