Umm ash Shaykh
Umm ash Shaykh is a mosque in West Bank, Palestine. Umm ash Shaykh is situated nearby to the town Beitunia, as well as near the village Beit Horon.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Ofer Penitentiary and Mahmoud Darwish Museum (Al-Birweh Park).
Ofer Penitentiary
Prison
Photo: Christopher Michel, CC BY 2.0.
Ofer Prison, formerly officially known as Incarceration Facility 385, is an Israeli military incarceration facility in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, between Beitunia and Giv'at Ze'ev. Ofer Penitentiary is situated 3 km southeast of Umm ash Shaykh.
Mahmoud Darwish Museum (Al-Birweh Park)
Park
Photo: Hadi Hijjawi, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Mahmoud Darwish Museum (Al-Birweh Park) is situated 4 km east of Umm ash Shaykh.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Beitunia and Beit Horon.
Beitunia
Town
Beitunia, also Bitunya, is a Palestinian city located 3 kilometers west of Ramallah and 14 kilometers north of Jerusalem, in the Ramallah and al-Bireh Governorate of Palestine, in the central West Bank.
Beit Horon
Village
Beit Horon is a communal Israeli settlement in the West Bank. Bordering Route 443 between Modi'in and Jerusalem, the biblical pass of Beit Horon, after which it is named, it falls under the jurisdiction of Mateh Binyamin Regional Council.
Ein ‘Arik
Village
Photo: Bosstab4, Public domain.
Ein 'Arik is a Palestinian town in the Ramallah and al-Bireh Governorate, located 7 kilometers west of Ramallah in the central West Bank. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the town had a population of 1,567 inhabitants consisting of Muslims and Christians in 2007 and a population of 1,774 in 2017. Ein ‘Arik is situated 2½ km north of Umm ash Shaykh.
Umm ash Shaykh
- Type: Mosque
- Also known as: “Um esh Sheikh”
- Category: religion
- Location: West Bank, Palestine, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
31.88333° or 31° 53′ northLongitude
35.15° or 35° 9′ eastElevation
732 metres (2,402 feet)Open location code
8G3QV5M2+82GeoNames ID
281493
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