Turmus‘ayyā is a town in Palestine, State of.
Population: 3,686
Latitude: 32° 02' 7.37" N
Longitude: 35° 17' 8.30" E
The West Bank (Arabic: الضفة الغربية aḍ-Ḍaffah l-Ġarbiyyah; Hebrew: הגדה המערבית, HaGadah HaMa'aravit or Cisjordan, also Hebrew: יהודה ושומרון Yehuda ve-Shomron [Judea and Samaria]) is a landlocked territory near the Mediterranean coast of Wester…
Samaria (/sə.ˈmɛr.iː.ə/), or the Shomron (Hebrew: שֹׁמְרוֹן, Standard Šomron Tiberian Šōmərôn; Arabic: السامرة, as-Sāmirah – also known as جبال نابلس, Jibāl Nāblus) is a name for the mountainous, central region of the ancient Levant, based on the …
"Palestinian territories" and "occupied Palestinian territories" (OPT or oPt) are descriptions often used to describe the West Bank (including East Jerusalem) and the Gaza Strip. Israeli governments have maintained that the area involved is within t…
Jacob's Well (Arabic: بئر يعقوب, Bir Ya'qub, Hebrew: באר יעקב; also known as Jacob's fountain and Well of Sychar) is a deep well hewn of solid rock that has been associated in religious tradition with Jacob for roughly two millennia.
Mount Gerizim (/ˈɡɛrɨˌzɪm/; Samaritan Hebrew Ar-garízim, Arabic جبل جرزيم Jabal Jarizīm, Tiberian Hebrew הַר גְּרִזִּים Har Gərizzîm, Standard Hebrew הַר גְּרִיזִּים Har Gərizzim) is one of the two mountains in the immediate vicinity of the West Ban…
Ariel (Hebrew: אֲרִיאֵל; Arabic: اريئيل) is an Israeli settlement organized as a city in the central West Bank, part of the Israeli-occupied territories, approximately 20 kilometres (12 mi) east of the Green Line and 34 kilometres (21 mi) west of t…
Rawabi (Arabic: روابي Hebrew: רוואבי, meaning "The Hills") is the first planned city built for and by Palestinians. in the West Bank, and is hailed as a "flagship Palestinian enterprise." Rawabi is located near Birzeit and Ramallah. The master pla…
Atarot Airport (IATA: JRS, ICAO: LLJR, OJJR), (also Kalandia Airport, Qalandia Airport, and Jerusalem Airport) is a small airport located between Jerusalem and Ramallah. When it was opened in 1920 it was the first airport in the British Mandate for …
Mount Ebal (Arabic: جبل عيبال Jabal ‘Aybāl; Hebrew: הר עיבל Har ‘Eival) is one of the two mountains in the immediate vicinity of the city of Nablus in the West Bank (biblical Shechem), and forms the northern side of the valley in which Nablus is s…
Wadi Qelt (Arabic: وادي القلط; also: Wadi al-Qult, Wadi el-Qult, Wadi Kelt, Wadi Qilt or Wadi Qult) also Nahal Prat (Hebrew: נחל פרת) is a valley ("wadi"; Arabic: وادي wādī) or stream ("nahal"; Hebrew: נחל) running west to east across the Judaea…
Birzeit University (Arabic: جامعة بيرزيت), often abbreviated as BZU, is a non-governmental public university located in Birzeit, Palestine, near Ramallah.
Hisham's Palace (Arabic: خربة المفجر Khirbat al-Mafjar or Arabic: قصر هشام Qaṣr Hishām) is an important early Islamic archaeological site five km north of the town of Jericho in the West Bank. It consists of three main parts: a palace, an ornate b…
Mukataa (Arabic: المقاطعة, "District") is an Arabic word for headquarters or administrative center. Mukataas were mostly built during the British Mandate as Tegart forts and were used both as British government centers and as dwellings for the Brit…
Gibeah (/ˈɡɪbiə/; Hebrew: גבעה Giv'a) is a place name appearing in several books of the Bible. It is generally identified with a hill in Jerusalem, on the outskirts of the Pisgat Ze'ev and Shuafat neighborhoods, known as Tell el-Ful.
The Battle of Nablus was fought from April 5 to April 8, 2002 in the Palestinian city of Nablus in the West Bank
An-Najah National University (Arabic: جامعة النجاح الوطنية) is a Palestinian non-governmental public university governed by a board of Trustees. It is located in Nablus, in the northern West Bank. The university has over 22,000 students and 300 prof…
The Ramallah and al-Bireh Governorate (Arabic: محافظة رام الله والبيرة Muḥāfaẓat Rām Allāh wa l Bīra; Hebrew: נפת רמאללה ואל-בירה Nafat Rāmallāh VeAl Bīra) is one of 16 governorates of Palestine. It covers a large part of the central West Bank, on …
Pisgat Ze'ev (Hebrew: פסגת זאב, lit. Ze'ev's Peak) is an Israeli settlement in East Jerusalem and the largest residential neighborhood in Jerusalem with a population of over 50,000. Pisgat Ze'ev was established by Israel as one of the city's five R…