Bi’r aş Şawwānah
Bi’r aş Şawwānah is a well in West Bank, Palestine. Bi’r aş Şawwānah is situated nearby to the hamlet Bayt Nuba, as well as near the village Mevo Horon.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Kfira Nature Reserve and Tel Ayalon.
Kfira Nature Reserve
Protected area
Photo: GidiD, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Kfira Nature Reserve is a protected area.
Tel Ayalon
Archaeological site
Tel Ayalon is an archaeological site, which is situated 3 km southwest of Bi’r aş Şawwānah.
Horvat Matzad
Ruins
Photo: Avi1111, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Horvat Mazad or Khirbet el-Qasr is an archaeological site located in the Jerusalem District of Israel. Occupied intermittently from the Late Bronze Age to the modern period, its main phase occurred between the 2nd century BCE and the 1st century CE, when it was developed into a fortified complex by the Hasmonean and Herodian dynasties before being abandoned during the First Jewish–Roman War. Horvat Matzad is situated 4 km south of Bi’r aş Şawwānah.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bayt Nuba and Mevo Horon.
Bayt Nuba
Hamlet
Bayt Nuba is a depopulated Palestinian Arab village, located halfway between Jerusalem and Ramla. During the 1967 Six Day War, Israeli troops ethnically cleansed Bayt Nuba and replaced it with the Jewish-only settlement of Mevo Horon.
Mevo Horon
Village
Photo: יעקב, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Mevo Horon is an Israeli settlement and religious moshav shitufi in the Israeli-occupied West Bank. Located near Latrun and the city of Modi'in, it falls under the jurisdiction of Mateh Binyamin Regional Council.
Beit Liqya
Town
Photo: Oyoyoy, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Beit Liqya is a Palestinian town located in the Ramallah and al-Bireh Governorate in the northern West Bank. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, it had a population of approximately 9,304 in 2017.
Bi’r aş Şawwānah
- Type: Well
- Also known as: “Bi’r as Sawwanah” and “Bīr eṣ Ṣuwwāna”
- Category: body of water
- Location: West Bank, Palestine, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
31.85177° or 31° 51′ 6″ northLongitude
35.05251° or 35° 3′ 9″ eastElevation
299 metres (981 feet)Open location code
8G3QV323+P2GeoNames ID
281967
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