Urim
in Southern District, Israel
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Be'er Sheva (Teyman) Airport (12 mi) -
El Gora Airport (28 mi) - El Arish International Airport (44 mi)
- Bar Yehuda Airfield (51 mi)
- Ben Gurion International Airport (53 mi)
- Sde Dov Airport (58 mi)
- Ein Yahav Airfield (62 mi)
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Queen Alia International Airport (91 mi) - Ovda International Airport (97 mi)
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Beirut Rafic Hariri International Airport (183 mi) -
Damascus International Airport (186 mi)
- Caves of Maresha and Bet-Guvrin in the Judean Lowlands as a Microcosm of the Land of the Caves (Unesco heritage, 30 mi)
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Palestine: Land of Olives and Vines – Cultural Landscape of Southern Jerusalem, Battir (Unesco heritage, 46 mi) - Masada (Unesco heritage, 49 mi)
- Birthplace of Jesus: Church of the Nativity and the Pilgrimage Route, Bethlehem (Unesco heritage, 49 mi)
- White City of Tel-Aviv -- the Modern Movement (Unesco heritage, 55 mi)
- Incense Route - Desert Cities in the Negev (Unesco heritage, 65 mi)
- Um er-Rasas (Kastrom Mefa'a) (Unesco heritage, 84 mi)
- Petra (Unesco heritage, 87 mi)
- Biblical Tels - Megiddo, Hazor, Beer Sheba (Unesco heritage, 97 mi)
- Sites of Human Evolution at Mount Carmel: The Nahal Me’arot / Wadi el-Mughara Caves (Unesco heritage, 98 mi)
- Miẕpé Revivim (observation point, (22 mi)
- Decimal Coordinates (Latitude, Longitude):
- 31.304 and 34.523 (Lat./Lng.)
- Coordinates by Time:
- N 31° 18' 15" and E 34° 31' 23"
- Currency and Currency Code:
- Shekel - ILS
- Spoken languages:
- Hebrew, Arabic, English
- Local electricity:
- 230 V - 50 Hz (plugs: G)
- Mobile phone / cellular frequencies (MHz):
- 900 MHz, 1800 MHz, 3G, 4G
- Local Time: 09:22 AM (Saturday)
- Timezone: Asia/Jerusalem
- UTC/GMT offset: 2 hours
- Sunrise and Sunset:
- 5:59 am and 7:18 pm
- Antipode Coordinates:
- -27.600 and -144.317 (Lat./Lng.)
- Closest place to antipode coordinates:
Area - References
- This place on Wikipedia
- This place on Geonames.org
Safety Score: 4,2 of 5.0 based on data from 9 authorites. Meaning please reconsider your need to travel to Israel.
Travel warnings are updated daily. Source: Travel Warning Israel. Last Update: 2024-04-26 08:02:42
Touring Urim
Urim in Southern District is a town located in Israel about 52 mi (or 84 km) south-west of Jerusalem, the country's capital place.
Time in Urim is now 09:22 AM (Saturday). The local timezone is named Asia / Jerusalem with an UTC offset of 3 hours. We know of 11 airports nearby Urim, of which 5 are larger airports. The closest airport in Israel is Be'er Sheva (Teyman) Airport in a distance of 12 mi (or 19 km), East. Besides the airports, there are other travel options available (check left side).
There are several Unesco world heritage sites nearby. The closest heritage site in Israel is Caves of Maresha and Bet-Guvrin in the Judean Lowlands as a Microcosm of the Land of the Caves in a distance of 30 mi (or 48 km), North-East. We collected 1 points of interest near this location.
Being here already, you might want to pay a visit to some of the following locations: Gaza, Beersheba, Rafah, Ash Shaykh Zuwayd and Ramla. To further explore this place, just scroll down and browse the available info.
Local weather forecast
Todays Local Weather Conditions & Forecast: 21°C / 70 °F
| Morning Temperature | 19°C / 66 °F |
| Evening Temperature | 21°C / 69 °F |
| Night Temperature | 19°C / 67 °F |
| Chance of rainfall | 0% |
| Air Humidity | 61% |
| Air Pressure | 1011 hPa |
| Wind Speed | Moderate breeze with 10 km/h (6 mph) from South-East |
| Cloud Conditions | Overcast clouds, covering 99% of sky |
| General Conditions | Overcast clouds |
Sunday, 28th of April 2024
23°C (74 °F)
20°C (67 °F)
Sky is clear, moderate breeze, clear sky.
Monday, 29th of April 2024
23°C (74 °F)
20°C (68 °F)
Broken clouds, moderate breeze.
Tuesday, 30th of April 2024
23°C (74 °F)
21°C (69 °F)
Overcast clouds, moderate breeze.
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Attractions and noteworthy things
Distances are based on the centre of the city/town and sightseeing location. This list contains brief abstracts about monuments, holiday activities, national parcs, museums, organisations and more from the area as well as interesting facts about the region itself. Where available, you'll find the corresponding homepage. Otherwise the related wikipedia article.
Sharuhen
Sharuhen was an ancient town in the Negev Desert. Following the expulsion of the Hyksos from Egypt in the second half of the 16th century BCE, they fled to Sharuhen and fortified it. The armies of Pharaoh Ahmose I seized and razed the town after a three-year siege.
HaBesor Stream
HaBesor is a wadi in southern Israel. The stream begins at Mount Boker, and spills into the Mediterranean Sea near Deir al-Balah in the Gaza Strip, where it is called Wadi Gaza. The stream is the largest in the northern Negev, and together with its largest tributaries, the Grar and Beersheba streams, reaches as far as Sde Boker, Yeruham, Dimona and Arad/Tel Arad. The water is used by citizens of the Gaza Strip and Israel.
Urim SIGINT Base
Urim SIGINT Base is an Israeli intelligence-gathering installation, part of the Unit 8200. Urim is located in the Negev desert approximately 30km from Beersheba, a couple of kilometres north of the kibbutz of Urim. The existence of the signal interception base became known to the public only in 2010. Equivalents of Unit 8200 are the Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ) of Britain and the National Security Agency (NSA) of the United States.
These are some bigger and more relevant cities in the wider vivinity of Urim.
- Gaza
- Beersheba
- Rafah
- Ash Shaykh Zuwayd
- Ramla
- Al -Arish
- Tel Aviv
- Jerusalem
- Ghawr al Mazra`ah
- Karney Shomron
- Jericho
- `Ayy
- Al `Arid
- At Tafilah
- Fuqu`
- Al Mazar al Janubi
- Al Qasr
- Busayra
- Al Husayniyah
- Ash Shunah al Janubiyah
- Karak
- Al Mughayyir
- Ma`in
- Dhiban
- Ar Rishah
- Ash Shawbak
- Mulayh
- Al Faysaliyah
- Ma'daba
- Juraynah
This place is known by different names. Here the ones we know:
Urim, אורים
