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as-Samu

Municipality in Hebron Governorate. Its name preserves the name of the Jewish settlement, from biblical times to the 4th century, Eshtemoa. Identified as the biblical hearsay by the scholar Edward Robinson
City Q1768653

Facts

11 properties

Identity

Instance of
city
Official name
السموع[6]

Location

Country
Palestine[2]
Coordinate location
🗺️ 31.401°, 35.067°
Located in the administrative territorial entity
Hebron Governorate[1]

Population and size

Area
13.80 km²[8]
Elevation above sea level
696 m[7]
Population
26,011 (2017)[5]
⚖ sources disagree Wikidata 26,011 GeoNames 19,355 edition 2026-09-26 · CC BY 4.0 ↗

Codes

Postal code
797[4]
More facts +2
Named after
Eshtemoa[3]
PCBS locality code
503320[9]
🏷️ Also known as
en as-Samu en As-Samu' ar الفردوس ar السموع fi As Samu’ fi As Samu' he א-סמוע he סמוע id Es Samu ja アス・サム ja アッ・サムーア
🔖 Identifiers · 11
VIAF cluster ID
210146461451727730371
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Samu 2007 (cropped).jpg ↗
Freebase ID
/m/02q33b2
GNS Unique Feature ID
-793,582
GeoNames ID
284583
Israel Antiquities Authority ID
14886
J9U entity ID
987007582146005171
National Library of Israel ID (old)
001909848
OpenWeatherMap city ID
284583
SNARC ID
Meseret Defar
Who's on First ID
101922955

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🔗 Connections
Located in time zone 2
UTC+03:00, UTC+02:00
Country 1
Palestine
Instance of 1
city
Located in the administrative territorial entity 1
Hebron Governorate
Located in this place 1
Samu Incident
Named after 1
Eshtemoa
People born here 1
Musa Hawamdeh
SNARC ID 1
Meseret Defar
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References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [1] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [3] ↑ . Biblical Researches in Palestine. wikidata.org.
  4. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [5] ↑ . pcbs.gov.ps. pcbs.gov.ps. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [6] ↑ . pcbs.gov.ps. pcbs.gov.ps. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [9] ↑ . pcbs.gov.ps. pcbs.gov.ps. Provenance: wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 15h ago · Dev Jadiya · 2026-11-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    "Changed [hi] labels, descriptions or aliases: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #67916: Hindi Translation 04"
  2. 16w ago · RVA2869 · 2026-07-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    PCBS locality code → 503320
    Located in time zone → —
    "Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #43894: redundant value, already present at higher administrative level"
  3. 20w ago · דג ירוק · 2026-06-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Who's on First ID → 101922955
    Commons category → As-Samu
    Country → Palestine
    Population → 26,011
    + 19 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "Changed claim: Official name: السموع"
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