لطرون
Sign in to saveLatrun (, Latrun; , al-Latrun) is a strategic hilltop in the Latrun salient in the Ayalon Valley. It overlooks the road between Tel Aviv and Jerusalem, 25 kilometers west of Jerusalem and 14 kilometers southeast of Ramla. It was the site of fierce fighting during the 1948 war. During the period of 1949–1967, it was occupied by Jordan at the edge of a no man's land between the armistice lines. In the 1967 war it was captured by Israel and had been under Israeli control since then.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Latrun
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- Village
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- Latrun-Monastery.jpg
- Settlement.imagesize
- 250
- Settlement.image_caption
- Trappist Monastery
- Settlement.etymology
- from Latronis
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- Israel#Palestine
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- bottom
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- Location of Latrun
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- Palestine grid
- Settlement.grid_position
- 148/137
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- Administered by
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- Israel
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- Claimed by
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- Israel and Palestine
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- Israeli district
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- Jerusalem
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- Palestinian governorate
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Country
- Mandatory Palestine
- Elevation
- 398
- Image
- Latrun-Monastery.jpg
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- Commons category
- Latrun
Sources (1)
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Gallery (20)
On the map
3 mapped locations