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 city Q1768653
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as-Samu

Summary

as-Samu is a city[1]. as-Samu draws 25 Wikipedia views per month (city category, ranking #734 of 5,534).[2]

Key Facts

  • as-Samu is located in Hebron Governorate[3].
  • as-Samu is in the country of Palestine[4].
  • as-Samu's image is recorded as Samu 2007 (cropped).jpg[5].
  • as-Samu's instance of is recorded as city[6].
  • Eshtemoa is named after as-Samu[7].
  • as-Samu's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 210146461451727730371[8].
  • as-Samu's postal code is recorded as 797[9].
  • as-Samu's Commons category is recorded as As-Samu[10].
  • as-Samu's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+02:00[11].
  • as-Samu's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+03:00[12].
  • as-Samu's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 31.400791666667, 'lon': 35.067075}[13].
  • as-Samu's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02q33b2[14].
  • as-Samu's National Library of Israel ID is recorded as 001909848[15].
  • as-Samu's population is recorded as {'amount': '+26011'}[16].
  • as-Samu's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'ar', 'text': 'السموع'}[17].
  • as-Samu's GeoNames ID is recorded as 284583[18].
  • as-Samu's elevation above sea level is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+696'}[19].
  • as-Samu's area is recorded as {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+13.80'}[20].
  • as-Samu's GNS Unique Feature ID is recorded as -793582[21].
  • as-Samu's Israel Antiquities Authority ID is recorded as 14886[22].
  • as-Samu's Who's on First ID is recorded as 101922955[23].
  • as-Samu's OpenWeatherMap city ID is recorded as 284583[24].
  • as-Samu's National Library of Israel J9U ID is recorded as 987007582146005171[25].
  • as-Samu's SNARC ID is recorded as Meseret Defar[26].

Body

Geography

as-Samu is in the country of Palestine[4]. as-Samu is located in Hebron Governorate[3].

Physical Characteristics

as-Samu's area is recorded as {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+13.80'}[20]. as-Samu's elevation above sea level is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+696'}[19]. as-Samu's population is recorded as {'amount': '+26011'}[16].

Designation and Status

as-Samu's instance of is recorded as city[6].

History and Context

Eshtemoa is named after as-Samu[7].

Why It Matters

as-Samu draws 25 Wikipedia views per month (city category, ranking #734 of 5,534).[2] as-Samu has Wikipedia articles in 11 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[27] as-Samu is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.[28]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] . wikidata.org.
  4. [3] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . Biblical Researches in Palestine. wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . GeoNames. wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [27] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [28] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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