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Adora (Template:Lang-he-n, also Adorah) is an Israeli settlement and a communal village in the Judean Mountains in the southern West Bank, northwest of Hebron, and under the jurisdiction of the Har Hebron Regional Council. Ideologically, Adora identifies with the Herut-Betar farming organization. Adora is named after the biblical town Adurim, which served as one of the capital cities of the ancient Kingdom of Judah under the rule of Rehoboam. The name of the Palestinian town of Dura, located four kilometers south of Adura, is also derived from the ancient Adurim. According to the Israel Central Bureau of Statistics, as of 2004, it was home to 183 people.

Adora, located at an altitude 692 metres (2270 feet), was established in 1982 as a pioneer Nahal para-military outpost and demilitarized two years later when handed over to civilians. In 1983, a core group of families from Kiryat Arba, Beit Shemesh, Kiryat Gat, and Or Akiva, joined one another in preparing to settle the barren hilltop. After a week of preparations at the Faculty of Agriculture in Rehovot, about half the families of the original 23 were told to be ready to move into trailers that the government permitted to be installed. In January 1984, amid the anticipation, the group was warned that another core group might occupy the trailers before them. On 11 and 12 January 1984, the group moved in and began a wave of settlement expansion in the region.

On 27 April 2002, two terrorists entered the settlement. They attacked and killed four residents, including a 5 year old girl, and injured seven.

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1. Hoberman, Haggai (2008). Keneged Kol HaSikuim (in Hebrew) (1st ed.). Sifriat Netzaim. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)
2. Dudkevitch, Margot. "The JPost - Casualties of War". |work=info.jpost.com |year=2011 |accessdate=3 July 2011}}

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