Jacob’s Well

Jacob's Well, also known as Jacob's Fountain or the Well of Sychar, is a Christian holy site located in Balata village, a suburb of the Palestinian city of in the .
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  • Type: Archaeological site
  • Description: Biblical place at the West Bank
  • Also known as: “Bi’r Ya‘qūb”, “Bi’r Ya’qub”, “Bir Samariyah”, and “Bir Yakoub”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Joseph’s Tomb and Mount Gerizim.

Place of worship
Photo: David Roberts (painter), Public domain.
Joseph's Tomb is a funerary monument located in Balata village at the eastern entrance to the valley that separates Mounts Gerizim and Ebal, 300 m northwest of Jacob's Well, on the outskirts of the city of . is situated 410 metres north of Jacob’s Well.

Peak
Photo: יאיר דב, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is one of two mountains near the city of and the biblical city of Shechem, located in the north of 's .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Balata Camp and Kiryat Luza.

Town
Photo: Hoshvilim, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a Palestinian refugee camp established in the northern in 1950, adjacent to Balata village on the outskirts of the city of . had a population of 14,635 in 2017.

Village
Photo: Daniel Ventura, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is an Israelite Samaritan village situated on near the city of in the . It is within Area B of the West Bank, and as a result is under the joint control of and the Palestinian National Authority.

Village
Photo: Qusay.khateeb, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Askar is a Palestinian refugee camp. It is located on the outskirts of the city of and was established in 1950 on 119 dunums of land. Residents of the camp refer to this as “New Askar”.

Jacob’s Well

Latitude
32.20952° or 32° 12′ 34″ north
Longitude
35.28518° or 35° 17′ 7″ east
Elevation
501 metres (1,644 feet)
Open location code
8G4Q675P+R3
Geo­Names ID
281302
Wiki­data ID
Q1679519
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Urdu—“Jacob’s Well” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “بئر يعقوب”
  • Armenian: “Իակովի ջրհոր”
  • Armenian: “Հակոբի ջրհոր”
  • Catalan: “Pou de Jacob”
  • Chinese: “雅各井”
  • Dutch: “Jacob’s Well”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “بئر يعقوب”
  • French: “Puits de Jacob”
  • German: “Jakobsbrunnen”
  • Greek: “Φρέαρ του Ιακώβ”
  • Hebrew: “באר יעקב”
  • Indonesian: “Sumur Yakub”
  • Italian: “Pozzo di Giacobbe”
  • Japanese: “ヤコブの泉”
  • Korean: “야곱의 우물”
  • Persian: “چاه یعقوب (مکان مقدس در فلسطین)”
  • Persian: “چاه یعقوب”
  • Polish: “Studnia Jakuba”
  • Polish: “Studnia Jakubowa”
  • Portuguese: “Poço de Jacó”
  • Russian: “Колодец Иакова”
  • Spanish: “Pozo de Jacob”
  • Swedish: “Jakobs källa”
  • Tagalog: “Balon ng Sicar”
  • Tagalog: “Balon ng Sikar”
  • Tagalog: “Balon ni Jacob”
  • Tagalog: “Balon ni Sicar”
  • Tagalog: “Balon ni Sikar”
  • Tagalog: “Bir Ya’kub”
  • Tagalog: “Bir Ya’qub”
  • Tagalog: “Bir Yakub”
  • Tagalog: “Bir Yaqub”
  • Tagalog: “Bukal ni Jacob”
  • Tagalog: “Fountain of Jacob”
  • Tagalog: “Jacob’s fountain”
  • Tagalog: “Jacob’s well”
  • Tagalog: “Sychar Well”
  • Tagalog: “Sychar’s well”
  • Tagalog: “Well of Jacob”
  • Tagalog: “Well of Sychar”
  • Turkish: “Yakup Kuyusu”
  • Ukrainian: “Бір-Якуб”
  • Ukrainian: “Колодязь Якова”
  • Ukrainian: “Криниця Якова”
  • Urdu: “یعقوب کا کنواں”

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