Silwan
Silwan or Siloam is a predominantly Palestinian district in East Jerusalem, on the southeastern outskirts of the current Old City of Jerusalem. It was the source of water for the Pool of Siloam within larger boundaries of the ancient walled city of Jerusalem, mentioned in the Hebrew Bible and the New Testament.
- Suburb with about 19,800 residents
- …lies at an elevation of around 710 metres (2,340 feet)
- Description: neighborhood in East Jerusalem
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Silwan
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Latitude
31.7706° or 31° 46′ 14″ north
Longitude
35.23696° or 35° 14′ 13″ east
Open location code
8G3QQ6CP+6Q
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place = suburb
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Urdu—“Silwan” goes by many names.
سلوانArabic
سیلوانCentral Kurdish
西尔万Chinese
錫勒萬Chinese
Kfar ha-ŠiloachCzech
Kfar HaShiloahCzech
SilvánCzech
SilwanCzech
SilwanDutch
SiiloaFinnish
SilwanFinnish
כפר השילוחHebrew
סילואןHebrew
סילוואןHebrew
סלואןHebrew
SilwanIndonesian
SiloamItalian
シロアムJapanese
실로암Korean
СилванMacedonian
SilwanNorwegian
SilwanNorwegian Bokmål
سلوانPersian
سلوان (اورشلیم)Persian
SilwanPolish
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