El Mashtā
El Mashtā is a ruin in Quneitra Governorate, Syria. El Mashtā is situated nearby to the village Keshet, as well as near Aniam.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Tel Hoshania.
Tel Hoshania
Ruins
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Khushniyeh, or Khishniyyeh is a former Syrian town located in the Golan Heights. Tel Hoshania is situated 2½ km east of El Mashtā.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Keshet and Aniam.
Keshet
Village
Photo: yanshoof, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Keshet is an Israeli settlement in the Golan Heights, organized as a moshav shitufi. It was established in 1974 after the Yom Kippur War by young activists near the Syrian city of Quneitra, which had been occupied and subsequently razed to the ground in the Six-Day War. Keshet is situated 2½ km east of El Mashtā.
Aniam
Village
Aniam is an Israeli settlement organized as a moshav, located in the Golan Heights. The settlement was built in 1978 and falls under the municipal jurisdiction of the Golan Regional Council. Aniam is situated 5 km southwest of El Mashtā.
Yonatan
Village
Yonatan is an Israeli settlement and moshav located in the central Golan Heights. Initially a moshav shitufi, it underwent a privatization process to become a community settlement. Yonatan is situated 6 km south of El Mashtā.
El Mashtā
- Type: Ruin
- Also known as: “Al Bīrah”, “Al Mashtá”, “Bîré”, “El Bire”, “El Biré”, and “El Mashta”
- Categories: tourist attraction and tourism
- Location: Quneitra Governorate, Syria, Middle East, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
32.98966° or 32° 59′ 23″ northLongitude
35.78209° or 35° 46′ 56″ eastElevation
617 metres (2,024 feet)Open location code
8G4QXQQJ+VRGeoNames ID
173962
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Russian—“El Mashtā” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “المشتى”
- Hebrew: “אל-בירה”
- Hebrew: “אל-מישתא”
- Hebrew: “אל-משתא”
- Russian: “Эль-Бира”
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