Wadi Fukin

Wadi Fukin is a Palestinian village in the West Bank, eight kilometers southwest of in the . The village is located on 700 acres of land, between the Green Line and the Israeli West Bank barrier, with the Israeli settlement of on one side and the Israeli town of Tzur Hadasa on the other.
Wikipedia
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Al-Qabu and Beitar.

Ruins
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was a Palestinian Arab village in the Jerusalem Subdistrict. The name is an Arabic variation of the site's original Roman name, and the ruins of a church there are thought to date to the era of Byzantine or Crusader rule over Palestine. is situated 3 km northeast of Wadi Fukin.

Ruins
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Betar was an ancient Jewish town in the , continuously inhabited since the Iron Age and up until the 2nd century CE. It is most famously known as the final stronghold of the Bar Kokhba Revolt. is situated 4 km northeast of Wadi Fukin.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Tzur Hadassah and Beitar Illit.

Village
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is a town located in the Jerusalem Corridor, located 12 kilometres southwest of , at an altitude of 755 meters above sea level, located on Route 375 west of , about one kilometer west of the Green Line, adjacent to the Palestinian village of Wadi Fukin.

Town
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is a Haredi Jewish-Israeli settlement organized as a city council in the settlement bloc, ten kilometres southwest of in the .

Village
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Mevo Beitar is a moshav shitufi in central . Located ten kilometres south-west of in the , it falls under the jurisdiction of Mateh Yehuda Regional Council. In 2024 it had a population of 1,153.

Wadi Fukin

Latitude
31.7074° or 31° 42′ 27″ north
Longitude
35.10347° or 35° 6′ 13″ east
Population
1,150
Elevation
637 metres (2,090 feet)
Open location code
8G3QP443+X9
Open­Street­Map ID
node 431633191
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
281356
Wiki­data ID
Q2896954
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Polish—“Wadi Fukin” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “وادي فوكين”
  • Catalan: “Wadi Fukin”
  • Cebuano: “Wādī Fūkīn”
  • Czech: “Wádí Fúkín”
  • Dutch: “Wadi Fukin”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “وادى فوكين”
  • French: “Wadi Fukin”
  • Hebrew: “ואדי פוכין”
  • Hebrew: “ואדי פוקין”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Wadi Fukin”
  • Polish: “Wadi Fukin”

Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Wadi Fukin Mosque and wadi fukin.

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