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Judea is a mountainous region, part of which is considered a desert. It varies greatly in height, rising to an altitude of 1,020 metres (3,350 ft) in the south at the Hebron Hills , 30 km (19 mi) southwest of Jerusalem , and descending to as much as 400 metres (1,300 ft) below sea level in the east of the region.
Kerioth (Hebrew: קְרִיּוֹת, Qǝrīyyōṯ) is the name of two cities mentioned in the Hebrew Bible.The spelling Kirioth appears in the King James Version of Amos 2:2. [1]
The Judea and Samaria Area, however, is not included in the number of districts and subdistricts as Israel has not applied its civilian jurisdiction in that part of the West Bank. Administration The districts have no elected institutions of any kind, although they do possess councils composed of representatives of central government ministries ...
The Judea and Samaria Area is administered by the Israel Defense Forces Central Command, and military law is applied. Administrative decisions are subject to the Command's chief. The incumbent chief of Central Command is Aluf Nitzan Alon. The future status of the region is a key factor in the ongoing Israeli–Palestinian conflict.
During this time, the southern Hebron Hills became known as Daroma, meaning "South" in Hebrew and Aramaic. [ 9 ] [ 10 ] Several synagogues from this period have been unearthed in the region. Following the Muslim conquest of the Levant , the Jewish population in the area declined as Muslims became dominant.
Strabo describes western Judea as being populated by Idumeans, who commingled with Judeans and adopted their customs. [ 106 ] Archaeological records gleaned from Maresha , though largely of Idumaean origin, attest to the region being under the influences of Hellenistic culture , as well as that of Nabatean/Arab, Phoenician , Palmyrene and ...
The Shephelah (Biblical Hebrew: הַשְּפֵלָה, romanized: hašŠəp̄ēlā, lit. 'the Lowlands') or Shfela (Modern Hebrew: הַשְּׁפֵלָה, romanized: haŠfelá), or the Judaean Foothills [1] (Modern Hebrew: שְׁפֵלַת יְהוּדָה, romanized: Šfelát Yəhūdá), is a transitional region of soft-sloping rolling hills in south-central Israel stretching over 10–15 km ...
The route from Jerusalem to Ashdod. The Southern District (Hebrew: מחוז הדרום, Meḥoz HaDarom; Arabic: لواء الجنوب) is one of Israel's six administrative districts, the largest in terms of land area but the most sparsely populated.