Mount Zion
Zion is a placename in the Tanakh, often used as a synonym for Jerusalem as well as for the Land of Israel as a whole. The name is found in 2 Samuel, one of the books of the Tanakh dated to approximately the mid-6th century BCE.- Type: Hill with an elevation of 669 metres
- Description: place name often used as a synonym for Jerusalem
- Also known as: “An Nabī Dāwūd”, “An Nasbī Dāwūd”, “Har Tsiyyon”, “Har Ẕiyyon”, “Ierusalim”, “Jabal Şahyūn”, “Mount Moriya”, “Nabi Dāwūd”, “Tsiyyon”, “Zion”, and “Сион (Библия)”
Places of Interest
Highlights: Aceldama (Field of blood) and Dome of the Rock.
Aceldama (Field of blood)
Monastery
Photo: Bounty24, Public domain.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Abu Tor and Silwan.
Mount Zion
- Categories: geographic location, poetic country name, and landform
- Location: West Bank, Palestine, Middle East, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
31.76667° or 31° 46′ north
Longitude
35.23333° or 35° 14′ east
Elevation
669 metres (2,195 feet)
Open location code
8G3QQ68M+M8
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Mount Zion” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “صهيون”
- Bengali: “সিয়োন”
- Bulgarian: “Цион”
- Central Kurdish: “زایۆن”
- Chinese: “錫安”
- Croatian: “Cion”
- Czech: “Sijón”
- Danish: “Zion”
- Dutch: “Sion”
- Egyptian Arabic: “صهيون”
- Esperanto: “Ciono”
- Finnish: “Siion”
- French: “Sion”
- Galician: “Sión”
- German: “Berg Zion”
- German: “Zion”
- Greek: “Σιών”
- Haitian: “Zion”
- Hebrew: “הר ציון”
- Hebrew: “ציון”
- Hungarian: “Sion”
- Indonesian: “Zion”
- Italian: “Sion”
- Japanese: “シオン”
- Korean: “시온”
- Lithuanian: “Sionas (Jeruzalė)”
- Malay: “Sion”
- Malay: “Zion”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Sion”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Sion”
- Norwegian: “Sion”
- Obolo: “Sayọn”
- Panjabi: “ਸੀਯੋਨ”
- Persian: “صهیون”
- Polish: “Syjon”
- Portuguese: “Sião”
- Romanian: “Sion”
- Russian: “Сион”
- Slovak: “Sion”
- Slovenian: “Sion”
- Spanish: “Sion”
- Spanish: “Sión”
- Swedish: “Sion”
- Tagalog: “Sion”
- Tamil: “சீயோன்”
- Thai: “ศิโยน”
- Turkish: “Siyon”
- Ukrainian: “Сіон”
- Vietnamese: “Siyon”
- Vietnamese: “Zion”
- Welsh: “Seion”
- Yue Chinese: “錫安”
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Ir David and Dayr Abū Ţūr.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Pool of Siloam and Mount Zion Hotel.
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Worth a closer look: Bethlehem and Ramallah.
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