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Kiryat Yearim Youth Village (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 31 49 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 31.8160 decimal degrees |
| Long: 035 06 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 35.1000 decimal degrees |
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Note: Named for a town of the same name cited in the Bible where the Ark of the Covenant rested for 20 years as David transported it to Jerusalem (I Chron 13, 5-8). Some scholars hold that a nearby tell is the remains of the biblical town, while others hold that the biblical site of this name is actually the present Abu Ghosh. |
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| Qiryat Ye'arim (preferred,C,V)
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| Kiryat Ye'arim (C,V)
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............ | meaning Town of Forests |
| Kiryat-Yearim (C,V)
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| Kiryat Yearim Youth Village (C,U,English-P)
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| כפר הנוער קרית יערים (C,U,Hebrew )
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| Kiryat Yam (C,U,English)
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| קרית ים (C,U,Hebrew )
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Asia (continent) (P) |
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Qiryat Ye'arim .......... (lost settlement) |
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(World, Asia, Israel, Jerusalem) [7059235] |
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