Silwan

Silwan or Siloam is a predominantly Palestinian district in , on the southeastern outskirts of the current Old City of Jerusalem. It was the source of water for the within larger boundaries of the ancient walled city of Jerusalem, mentioned in the Hebrew Bible and the New Testament.
Wikipedia
Photo: Agmonsnir, CC BY-SA 4.0.
  • Type: Suburb with 19,800 residents
  • Description: neighborhood in East Jerusalem
  • Also known as: “Silwān”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Dome of the Rock and Gichon Spring.

Mosque
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Aqsa Mosque, also known as the Qibli Mosque, is the main congregational mosque or in the Al-Aqsa mosque compound in the Old City of .

Spring
Photo: David Roberts (painter), Public domain.
Gihon Spring or Fountain of the Virgin, also known as Saint Mary's Pool, is a spring in the . It was the main source of water for the in Jebus and the later City of David, the original site of .

Mosque
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The is an octagonal Islamic shrine at the center of the Al-Aqsa mosque compound on the in the . It is the world's oldest surviving work of Islamic architecture, the earliest archaeologically-attested religious structure to be built by a Muslim ruler and contains the earliest inscriptions proclaiming Islam and the prophet Muhammad.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Maale HaZeitim and Ras al-Amud.

Neighborhood
Ma'ale HaZeitim is a Jewish Israeli settlement in , located on the , near the Palestinian neighborhood of . In 2010, its inhabitants numbered some 250 people belonging to 50 families.

Suburb
Photo: Rhododendrites, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a Palestinian neighborhood in located southeast of the Old City of Jerusalem. The Palestinian neighborhood of Silwan lies to the south, and al-Eizariya to the east, and the Jewish neighborhood of to the north.

Neighborhood
Photo: Michael Kriegal, CC BY 2.0.
The is one of the four traditional quarters of the . The area lies in the southwestern sector of the walled city, and stretches from the Zion Gate in the south, along the on the west, up to the Street of the Chain in the north and extends to the and the in the east.

Silwan

Latitude
31.7706° or 31° 46′ 14″ north
Longitude
35.23696° or 35° 14′ 13″ east
Population
19,800
Elevation
713 metres (2,339 feet)
Open location code
8G3QQ6CP+6Q
Open­Street­Map ID
node 11607797137
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­suburb
Geo­Names ID
281788
Wiki­data ID
Q2448062
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Urdu—“Silwan” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “سلوان”
  • Central Kurdish: “سیلوان”
  • Chinese: “西尔万”
  • Chinese: “錫勒萬”
  • Czech: “Kfar ha-Šiloach”
  • Czech: “Kfar HaShiloah”
  • Czech: “Silvan”
  • Czech: “Silván”
  • Czech: “Silwan”
  • Dutch: “Silwan”
  • Finnish: “Siiloa”
  • Finnish: “Silwan”
  • French: “Silwan”
  • French: “Silwân”
  • French: “Wadi Hilweh”
  • German: “Silwan”
  • Hebrew: “כפר השילוח”
  • Hebrew: “סילואן”
  • Hebrew: “סילוואן”
  • Hebrew: “סלואן”
  • Indonesian: “Silwan”
  • Italian: “Siloam”
  • Japanese: “シロアム”
  • Korean: “실로암”
  • Macedonian: “Силван”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Silwan”
  • Norwegian: “Silwan”
  • Persian: “سلوان (اورشلیم)”
  • Persian: “سلوان”
  • Polish: “Silwan”
  • Russian: “Силоам”
  • Russian: “Силуан”
  • Russian: “Сильван”
  • Spanish: “Silwan”
  • Swedish: “Silwan”
  • Turkish: “Silwan”
  • Urdu: “سلوان”

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