Abu Tor
Abu Tor, also Abu Thor or ath-Thori, is a mixed Jewish and Arab neighborhood in East Jerusalem, built on a prominence south of the Old City.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Suburb
- Description: neighborhood in Jerusalem
- Also known as: “Abu Thor”, “Abu-Tor Quarter”, “Aţ Ţūrī”, “ath-Thori”, “Ath-Thuri”, “Dayr Abū Ţūr”, “Deir Abou Thor”, “Deir Abu Tor”, “Deir Abu Tūr”, “Giv`at”, “Giv`at Hananya”, “Giv`at H̱ananya”, “Givat Hanania”, “Givat Hananya”, and “Theowri”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Gehenna and Al-Aqsa Mosque.
Gehenna
Meadow
Photo: Michal.lvn, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Gehenna or Gehinnom is a Biblical toponym that has acquired various theological connotations, including as a place of divine punishment, in Jewish eschatology.
Al-Aqsa Mosque
Mosque
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Aqsa Mosque, also known as the Qibli Mosque or Qibli Chapel, is the main congregational mosque or prayer hall in the Al-Aqsa mosque compound in the Old City of Jerusalem.
Dome of the Rock
Place of worship
The Dome of the Rock is an octagonal Islamic shrine at the center of the Al-Aqsa mosque compound on the Temple Mount in the Old City of Jerusalem. It is the world's oldest surviving work of Islamic architecture, the earliest archaeologically attested…
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Mount Zion and Silwan.
Mount Zion
Suburb
Jerusalem is the largest city of Israel. Israel claim it is their capital and a few countries including the United States recognize that claim, but most other countries and the United Nations do not.
Silwan
Suburb
Photo: Agmonsnir, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Silwan or Siloam is a predominantly Palestinian district in East Jerusalem, on the southeastern outskirts of the current Old City of Jerusalem. It is mentioned in the Hebrew Bible and the New Testament; in the latter it is the location of Jesus' healing the man blind from birth.
Yemin Moshe
Neighborhood
Photo: Pazit Polak, CC BY 2.0.
Yemin Moshe is a historic neighborhood in Jerusalem, overlooking the Old City.
Abu Tor
- Categories: neighborhood of Jerusalem and locality
- Location: Quds Governorate, West Bank, Palestine, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
31.76452° or 31° 45′ 52″ northLongitude
35.23244° or 35° 13′ 57″ eastElevation
676 metres (2,218 feet)Open location code
8G3QQ67J+RXOpenStreetMap ID
node 278475869OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburb
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Yiddish—“Abu Tor” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “أبو الطور”
- Arabic: “أبو طور”
- Arabic: “الثوري”
- Czech: “Abu Tor”
- Czech: “Giv’at Hanaja”
- French: “Abu Tor”
- Hebrew: “אבו טור”
- Hebrew: “אבו תור”
- Hebrew: “אבו-טור”
- Hebrew: “אבו-תור”
- Hebrew: “אבוטור”
- Hebrew: “אבותור”
- Hebrew: “גבעת חנניה”
- Indonesian: “Abu Tor”
- Italian: “Abu Tor”
- Macedonian: “Абу Тор”
- Polish: “Abu Tor”
- Polish: “Abu Tur”
- Spanish: “Abu Tor”
- Turkish: “Ebu Tor”
- Urdu: “ابو طور”
- Yiddish: “אבו טאר”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
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