Wādī Umm Qulayb

Wādī Umm Qulayb is a wadi in West Bank, Palestine. Wādī Umm Qulayb is situated nearby to the locality Ad Dirs, as well as near Umm Ḩurayrah.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Sartava;Sartaba.

Sartava;Sartaba

Scenic viewpoint

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Alexandreion, or Alexandrium, called Sartaba in the Mishna and Talmud and Qarn Sartaba in Arabic, was an ancient hilltop fortress constructed by the Hasmoneans between Scythopolis and Jerusalem on a pointy barren hill towering over the Jordan Valley from the west. Sartava;Sartaba is situated 2½ km west of Wādī Umm Qulayb.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Masua and Yafit.

Masua

Village

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Masua, also transliterated as Massu'a, is an Israeli settlement organized as a moshav shitufi in the West Bank. Located in the Jordan Valley, with an area of 6,000 dunams, it falls under the jurisdiction of Bik'at HaYarden Regional Council.

Yafit

Village

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Yafit is an Israeli settlement organized as a moshav shitufi in the West Bank. Located in the Jordan Valley, it falls under the jurisdiction of Bik'at HaYarden Regional Council. Yafit is situated 4 km south of Wādī Umm Qulayb.

Al-Jiftlik

Village

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Al-Jiftlik is a Palestinian village in the Jericho Governorate of the State of Palestine, in the West Bank, located 33 kilometers north of Jericho. Al Jiftlik is bordered by the Jordan River to the east. Al-Jiftlik is situated 5 km north of Wādī Umm Qulayb.

Wādī Umm Qulayb

Type: Wadi
Also known as: “Wādī Um Quleib” and “Wadi Umm Qulayb”
Category: body of water
Location: West Bank, Palestine, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude

32.09599° or 32° 5′ 46″ north

Longitude

35.48889° or 35° 29′ 20″ east

Elevation

-218 metres (-715 feet)

Open location code

8G4Q3FWQ+9H

GeoNames ID

281444

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