Har Gilo

31.722058333333 35.171488888889Coordinates: 31 ° 43 '19.4 " N , 35 ° 10' 17.4" E

Har Gilo

Har Gilo ( Hebrew הר גילה) is an Israeli settlement in the West Bank with 1,452 inhabitants (2016). It is located between the Palestinian cities of Al Walaja and Beit Jala , 5 kilometers south of Jerusalem.

In 1994, Har Gilo had 387 residents. The settlement was founded in 1972 and belongs to the Gush Etzion settlement group . It was named after the biblical place Gilo (Joshua 15:51), which was here in the mountains of Judas .

Individual evidence

↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original dated August 16, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved April 21, 2018 @1@ 2

↑ Scheel, Wolfgang: Lexicon of biblical names of places in modern Israel . 4th edition. Hammerbrücke 2013, ISBN 3-933750-32-6 , p. 116

[1] Archived copy ( memento of the original dated August 16, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved April 21, 2018 @1@ 2

[2] Scheel, Wolfgang: Lexicon of biblical names of places in modern Israel . 4th edition. Hammerbrücke 2013, ISBN 3-933750-32-6 , p. 116