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Sharafat

Sharafat is a Palestinian Arab neighborhood of , located within approximately 5 km to the south west of the . It is situated close to the Palestinian town of and near the Israeli settlement of in the southern portion of East Jerusalem.
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  • Type: Suburb with 2,800 residents
  • Description: Arab neighborhood in East Jerusalem
  • Also known as: “Sharafāt”, “Sharafat, East Jerusalem”, “SHARAFFAT”, and “Sharrafat”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Teddy Stadium and Jerusalem Malcha.

Stadium
Photo: Agmonsnir, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a sports in , . Two major Israeli football clubs currently use it as their home ground: Beitar Jerusalem and Hapoel Jerusalem.

Railway station
Photo: Dindia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Jerusalem–Malha railway station was one of two Israel Railways termini in , the other being Jerusalem–Yitzhak Navon railway station. The station is located in the southern neighborhood of , across from the Jerusalem Shopping Mall, and .

Stadium
Photo: Agmonsnir, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Jerusalem Arena, renamed for the National Lottery Mifal HaPais grant as Jerusalem, is a multi-purpose sports arena in , funded by the city council and National Lottery grant of Mifal HaPais.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Gilo and Beit Safafa.

Suburb
Photo: Gilabrand, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is an Israeli settlement in south-western , with a population of 30,000. Although it is located within the , it is widely considered a settlement, because as one of the five Ring Neighborhoods built by Israel…

Suburb
Photo: Agmonsnir, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a Palestinian town along the Green Line, with the vast majority of its territory in and some northern parts in .

Neighborhood
is a planned Israeli settlement in . It encompasses an area of 170 dunams. It is bordered by in the north, in the south, and in the west.

Sharafat

Latitude
31.74081° or 31° 44′ 27″ north
Longitude
35.19321° or 35° 11′ 36″ east
Population
2,800
Elevation
761 metres (2,497 feet)
Open location code
8G3QP5RV+87
Open­Street­Map ID
node 8241792516
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­suburb
Geo­Names ID
281896
Wiki­data ID
Q6806145
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Urdu—“Sharafat” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “شرفات”
  • Czech: “Šarafat”
  • Czech: “Šarafát”
  • Czech: “Šarfát”
  • French: “Sharafat”
  • Hebrew: “שערפאת”
  • Hebrew: “שראפאת”
  • Hebrew: “שרפאת”
  • Hebrew: “שרפעת”
  • Indonesian: “Sharafat, Yerusalem Timur”
  • Persian: “شرفات”
  • Turkish: “Şarafat (Doğu Kudüs)”
  • Urdu: “شرفات”

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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 “Sharafat”. Photo: Agmonsnir, CC BY-SA 4.0.