Khirbat Umm ash Shaqaf

Places of Interest Nearby

Al-Khader Stadium

Stadium

Photo: TrickyH, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Al-Khader Stadium is an international football stadium in al-Khader, Palestine. It was inaugurated on August 6, 2007 with a match between local team Shabab Al-Khadr, and Maccabi Ahi Nazareth, an Israeli Arab team from Nazareth. Al-Khader Stadium is situated 1½ km east of Khirbat Umm ash Shaqaf.

Solomon’s Pools

Park

Photo: Magister, CC BY 2.5.

Solomon's Pools are three ancient reservoirs located in the south-central West Bank, immediately to the south of al-Khader, about 3.5 kilometres southwest of Bethlehem, near the road to Hebron. Solomon’s Pools is situated 3½ km southeast of Khirbat Umm ash Shaqaf.

Beitar

Ruins

Photo: Bukvoed, CC BY 4.0.

Betar was an ancient Jewish town in the Judaean Mountains, 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. Beitar is situated 2½ km north of Khirbat Umm ash Shaqaf.

Places in the Area

Husan

Village

Photo: Gilabrand, CC BY 3.0.

Husan is a Palestinian town located 9 km west of Bethlehem, in the Bethlehem Governorate. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, Husan had a population of 7,048 in 2017.

Sde Boaz

Hamlet

Photo: Gilabrand, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Sde Boaz is an Israeli outpost in the West Bank, built in 2002 almost entirely on private Palestinian land. Located on a hill above Neve Daniel, it falls under the jurisdiction of Gush Etzion Regional Council.

Battir

Village

Photo: Ali.batha, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Battir is a Palestinian village in the Bethlehem Governorate of the State of Palestine, in the West Bank, 6.4 km west of Bethlehem, and southwest of Jerusalem.

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