Khirbat aş Şawma‘ah

Places of Interest Nearby

Tall Al-Ful

Archaeological site

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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

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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

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The Abba Cave is situated 1½ km south of Khirbat aş Şawma‘ah.

Places in the Area

Shuafat

Suburb

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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

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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.

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