Palestine
West Bank
Ramallah & al-Bireh Governorate

Silwad

Silwad is a Palestinian town located north-east of , about 5 km away from the - highway of the , in the State of Palestine.
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  • Type: Village with 15,000 residents
  • Description: town in Ramallah and al-Bireh Governorate
  • Address: سلواد

Places of Interest

Highlights include Tall Asur and Amona.

Peak
, (Hebrew: Ba'al-hazor, is an irregularly shaped plateau, marking the geographical boundary between to its north and to its south.

Ruins
Photo: יעקב, CC BY-SA 3.0.
was an Israeli outpost in the central . Located on a hill overlooking within the municipal boundaries of the , the village was founded in 1995 on privately owned Palestinian land. is situated 2½ km southeast of Silwad.

Building
Photo: Sicherlich, CC BY 3.0.
is a brewery founded in 1994 in the village of , 35 kilometres north of , by Nadim Khoury and his brother David, members of the local Palestinian Christian community. is situated 4 km southeast of Silwad.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Yabrud and Ofra.

Village
is a Palestinian village in the in the central . It is located approximately 13 km northeast of the city of and its elevation is 790 m.

Village
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is an Israeli settlement located in the northern Israeli-occupied . Located on the main road between Jerusalem and , it falls under the jurisdiction of .

Village
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is a Palestinian town in the in the central . It is located approximately 7 km northeast of the city of and its elevation is 800 m. is situated 3 km south of Silwad.

Silwad

Latitude
31.97508° or 31° 58′ 30″ north
Longitude
35.26245° or 35° 15′ 45″ east
Population
15,000
Elevation
844 metres (2,769 feet)
Open location code
8G3QX7G6+2X
Open­Street­Map ID
node 432265405
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
281789
Wiki­data ID
Q684632
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Russian—“Silwad” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “سلواد”
  • Asturian: “Silwad”
  • Bulgarian: “Силуад”
  • Catalan: “Silwad”
  • Cebuano: “Silwād”
  • Chinese: “錫勒瓦德”
  • Chinese: “锡勒瓦德”
  • Dutch: “Silwad”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “سلواد”
  • Finnish: “Silwad”
  • French: “Silwad”
  • German: “Silwad”
  • Hebrew: “סילואד”
  • Hebrew: “סילוואד”
  • Italian: “Silwad”
  • Japanese: “シルワード”
  • Malay: “Silwad”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Silwad”
  • Polish: “Silwad”
  • Portuguese: “Silwad”
  • Russian: “Сильвад”

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Selwad Women Center and Selwad Sport Center.

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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 “Silwad”. Photo: יעקב, CC BY-SA 3.0.