Wādī ash Shāmī

Wādī ash Shāmī is a wadi in , . Wādī ash Shāmī is situated nearby to the village , as well as near .

Places of Interest

Highlights include Modi`im and Ma’arava Yeshiva.

Ruins
Modi’in, also Modi’im, and later, Moditha, was an ancient Jewish city located in , near the modern city of , . First mentioned in the Books of Maccabees, it was the hometown of the priestly Hasmonean family, who assumed leadership over Judea following the victorious Maccabean uprising.

Synagogue
Photo: יעקב, CC BY 3.0.
Maarava Machon Rubin is an Orthodox yeshiva high school located in the Israeli settlement of Matityahu, near Modi'in, midway between and . is situated 3 km southeast of Wādī ash Shāmī.

Archaeological site
El-Habs, nicknamed is a site of a cave which served Christian monastic chambers, on the channel of the Gimzo Stream. It is situated at the foot of Horbat Zekhariya and together with Horbat Kelah form a complex of archaeological sites in the hills of , in the territory of Ben Shemen Forest. is situated 4 km southwest of Wādī ash Shāmī.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Al-Midya and Ni’lin.

Village
Photo: יעקב, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a Palestinian village in the in the western , located west of . According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the village had a population of over 1,533 inhabitants in 2017.

Village
Photo: Daboos hassan, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Ni'lin is a Palestinian town in the of the State of Palestine, in the central , located 17 kilometers west of .

Village
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is a Palestinian village in the , located 31 kilometers northwest of in the northern . According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the village had a population of 1,596 inhabitants in 2017.

Wādī ash Shāmī

Latitude
31.94901° or 31° 56′ 56″ north
Longitude
35.00504° or 35° 0′ 18″ east
Elevation
140 metres (459 feet)
Open location code
8G3QW2X4+J2
Geo­Names ID
281924
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