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Mount Gerizim

Mount Gerizim is one of two mountains near the city of and the biblical city of Shechem, located in the north of ’s .
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Photo: יאיר דב, CC BY-SA 4.0.
  • Type: Peak with an elevation of 881 metres
  • Description: mountain in Judea and Samaria Area, Palestine
  • Also known as: “Gerizzim”, “Jabal at Tur”, and “Jabal Jarzīm”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Bi’er Yacoub and Joseph Lookout Point.

Church
Photo: Jkgarrett17, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Jacob's Well, also known as Jacob's Fountain or the Well of Sychar, is a Christian holy site located in Balata village, a suburb of the Palestinian city of in the .

Scenic viewpoint
Mitzpe Yosef is an outpost in the Israeli-occupied West Bank. Located on Mount Gerizim near , it falls within the jurisdiction of Shomron Regional Council.

Synagogue
Photo: David Roberts (painter), Public domain.
Joseph's Tomb is a funerary monument located in Balata village at the eastern entrance to the valley that separates Mounts Gerizim and Ebal, 300 m northwest of , on the outskirts of the city of .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kiryat Luza and Kafr Qallil.

Village
Photo: Daniel Ventura, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a village situated on Mount Gerizim near the city of in the . It is within Area B of the West Bank, and as a result is under the joint control of and the Palestinian National Authority, and is the only remaining site populated wholly by Samaritans.

Village
Photo: Meronim, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a Palestinian town in the of the State of Palestine, in the northern . According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the town had a population of 3,029 inhabitants in 2017.

Village
Photo: יאיר דב, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Har Brakha, more commonly spelled Har Bracha is an Israeli settlement located on the southern ridge of Mount Gerizim at an elevation of 870 metres above sea level, in the 's Samarian Mountains, near the Palestinian city of .

Mount Gerizim

Latitude
32.20089° or 32° 12′ 3″ north
Longitude
35.2731° or 35° 16′ 23″ east
Elevation
881 metres (2,890 feet)
Open location code
8G4Q672F+96
Open­Street­Map ID
node 3602728613
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­peak
Geo­Names ID
281572
Wiki­data ID
Q1288751
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Mount Gerizim” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “جبل جرزيم”
  • Arabic: “جبل جِرْزِيم”
  • Arabic: “جرزيم”
  • Armenian: “Գրիզիմ”
  • Basque: “Gerizim mendia”
  • Belarusian: “Гара Герызім”
  • Belarusian: “Герызім”
  • Bengali: “গরিষীম পর্বত”
  • Breton: “Menez Garizim”
  • Bulgarian: “Гаризим”
  • Bulgarian: “Геризим”
  • Catalan: “Mont Garizim”
  • Cebuano: “Jabal aţ Ţūr (bukid sa Palestinian Territory)”
  • Cebuano: “Jabal aţ Ţūr”
  • Chinese: “基利心山”
  • Chinese: “基立心山”
  • Czech: “Gerizim”
  • Dutch: “Gerizim”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “جبل جرزيم”
  • Esperanto: “Garizim”
  • Finnish: “Garisiminvuori”
  • French: “mont Garizim”
  • French: “Mont Garizim”
  • German: “Garizim”
  • German: “Garizin”
  • German: “Gerizzim”
  • Greek: “Γαριζίν”
  • Hebrew: “הר גריזים”
  • Hungarian: “Garizim”
  • Indonesian: “Gunung Gerizim”
  • Irish: “Sliabh Gheirizím”
  • Italian: “Garizim”
  • Italian: “monte Garizim”
  • Japanese: “ゲリジム山”
  • Korean: “게리짐산”
  • Korean: “그리심산”
  • Ladin: “Mount Gerizim”
  • Latin: “Mons Garizim”
  • Malagasy: “Tendrombohitra Garizima”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Gerisim”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Gerisim”
  • Norwegian: “Gerisim”
  • Persian: “کوه گریزیم”
  • Polish: “Garizim”
  • Portuguese: “Monte Gerizim”
  • Romanian: “Garizim”
  • Russian: “Гризим”
  • Spanish: “Garizín”
  • Spanish: “Gerizim”
  • Spanish: “Guerizín”
  • Spanish: “monte Garizín”
  • Spanish: “Monte Guerizin”
  • Spanish: “Monte Guerizín”
  • Swedish: “Gerisim”
  • Turkish: “Gerizim Dağı”
  • Ukrainian: “Гарізім”
  • Ukrainian: “Грізім”
  • Urdu: “جبل جرزیم”
  • Venetian: “Garizim”
  • Welsh: “Garizim”
  • Western Panjabi: “جبل جرزیم”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Har Bracha and Al-Dahiah.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Mount Garizim National Park and גבעות עולם.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Mount Gerizim”. Photo: יאיר דב, CC BY-SA 4.0.