Adora (town)

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Adora (31°33′N 35°01′E; Hebrew: אדורה‎, also Adorah) is an Israeli settlement in the southern West Bank (Judea), northeast of Hebron. It is part of the Mount Hebron Regional Council. Adora is named after the biblical town of the same name, now the Palestinian town of Dura, 4 km south.

Adora is located at an altitude 692 metres (2270 feet) on the main highway to the coast, was founded in 1983. According to the Israel Central Bureau of Statistics, as of 2004, it was home to 183.


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