Khirbat aş Şawma‘ah
Khirbat aş Şawma‘ah is a ruin in West Bank, Palestine. Khirbat aş Şawma‘ah is situated nearby to the suburb Shuafat, as well as near the archaeological site Tall Al-Ful.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Tall Al-Ful and Magharat Umm el ‘Amid.
Tall Al-Ful
Archaeological site
Photo: Agmonsnir, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Gibeah is the name of three places mentioned in the Hebrew Bible, in the tribes of Benjamin, Judah, and Ephraim respectively. Gibeah of Benjamin, also Gibeah of Saul, is the most commonly mentioned of the places. Tall Al-Ful is situated 780 metres north of Khirbat aş Şawma‘ah.
Magharat Umm el ‘Amid
Cave
Photo: תחות, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Umm al-'Amed, or Mugharet Umm el-Amed, is a monumental rock-cut tomb located in Wadi Ramot, north of ancient Jerusalem. Part of the necropolis of Second Temple-era Jerusalem, the tomb features a classical façade and finely carved masonry, characteristic of the elite Jewish burial architecture of late Second Temple Judea. Magharat Umm el ‘Amid is situated 1½ km southwest of Khirbat aş Şawma‘ah.
The Abba Cave
Cave
Photo: משה גלנץ, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Abba Cave is situated 1½ km south of Khirbat aş Şawma‘ah.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Shuafat and Beit Hanina.
Shuafat
Suburb
Photo: Ynhockey, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Shuafat, also Shu'fat and Sha'fat, is a mostly Palestinian Arab neighborhood of East Jerusalem, forming part of north-eastern Jerusalem. Located on the old Jerusalem–Ramallah road about three miles north of the Old City, Shu'fat has a population of 35,000 residents.
Beit Hanina
Suburb
Photo: יעקב, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Beit Hanina is an Arab Palestinian neighborhood in East Jerusalem. It is on the road to Ramallah, eight kilometers north of central Jerusalem, at an elevation of 780 meters above sea level.
Shuafat refugee camp
Suburb
Photo: Agmonsnir, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Shu'fat, or more commonly Shuafat, is a Palestinian refugee camp in Jerusalem jurisdiction located next to Shuafat, a Palestinian Arab neighborhood of East Jerusalem.
Khirbat aş Şawma‘ah
- Type: Ruin
- Also known as: “Khirbat as Sauma‘a” and “Khirbat as Sawma’ah”
- Categories: tourist attraction and tourism
- Location: West Bank, Palestine, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
31.81667° or 31° 49′ northLongitude
35.23333° or 35° 14′ eastElevation
787 metres (2,582 feet)Open location code
8G3QR68M+M8GeoNames ID
281972
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