Khirbat Umm al Qal‘ah
Khirbat Umm al Qal‘ah is a ruin in West Bank, Palestine. Khirbat Umm al Qal‘ah is situated nearby to the village Mevo Beiter, as well as near Wadi Fukin.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Al-Qabu and Beitar.
Al-Qabu
Ruins
Al-Qabu 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. Al-Qabu is situated 1¼ km north of Khirbat Umm al Qal‘ah.
Beitar
Ruins
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 northeast of Khirbat Umm al Qal‘ah.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Mevo Beiter and Wadi Fukin.
Mevo Beiter
Village
Mevo Beitar is a moshav shitufi in central Israel. Located ten kilometres south-west of Jerusalem in the Jerusalem corridor, it falls under the jurisdiction of Mateh Yehuda Regional Council. In 2024 it had a population of 1,153.
Wadi Fukin
Village
Wadi Fukin is a Palestinian village in the West Bank, eight kilometers southwest of Bethlehem in the Bethlehem Governorate. The village is located on 700 acres of land, between the Green Line and the Israeli West Bank barrier, with the Israeli settlement of Beitar Illit on one side and the Israeli town of Tzur Hadasa on the other.
Beitar Illit
Town
Beitar Illit is a Haredi Jewish-Israeli settlement organized as a city council in the Gush Etzion settlement bloc, ten kilometres southwest of Jerusalem in the West Bank.
Khirbat Umm al Qal‘ah
- Type: Ruin
- Also known as: “Khirbat Um el Qal‘a”, “Khirbat Umm al Qal’ah”, and “Khirbat Umm al Qala”
- Categories: tourist attraction and tourism
- Location: West Bank, Palestine, Middle East, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
31.71667° or 31° 43′ north
Longitude
35.11667° or 35° 7′ east
Elevation
758 metres (2,487 feet)
Open location code
8G3QP488+MM
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