Sebastia
Sebastia is a Palestinian village of about 3,205 inhabitants, located in the Nablus Governorate of the State of Palestine, some 12 kilometers northwest of the city of Nablus.
- Type: Village with 2,820 residents
- Description: municipality in Nablus, West Bank, Palestine
- Also known as: “Sabastia”, “Sabastiya”, “Sabastiyah”, “Sabaţīyah”, “Sebaste”, “Sebastia, Nablus”, “Sebastiya”, “Sebastye”, “Sebustie”, “Sebustiye”, “Sevastē”, “Shomron”, “Самарыя”, “سبسطية”, and “サマリア”
Places of Interest
Highlights: Samaria National Park and Roman Theatre.
Samaria National Park
Protected area
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include An-Naqura and Shavei Shomron.
Sebastia
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Nablus Governorate, West Bank, Palestine, Middle East, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
32.27581° or 32° 16′ 33″ north
Longitude
35.19521° or 35° 11′ 43″ east
Population
2,820
Elevation
369 metres (1,211 feet)
Open location code
8G4Q75GW+83
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Urdu—“Sebastia” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “سبسطية”
- Basque: “Sebastia”
- Belarusian: “Себастыя”
- Catalan: “Sebastia”
- Cebuano: “Sabasţīyah”
- Chinese: “塞巴斯蒂亚”
- Chinese: “塞巴斯蒂亞”
- Croatian: “Samarija”
- Croatian: “Sebastija”
- Czech: “Sebastia”
- Dutch: “Sebastia”
- Egyptian Arabic: “سبسطيه”
- French: “Sebastia”
- German: “Sebastia”
- Hebrew: “סבסטיה”
- Irish: “Sebastia”
- Japanese: “サバスティーヤ”
- Maltese: “Sebastia”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Sebastia”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Sebastia i Nablus”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Sebastia”
- Persian: “سبسطیه، نابلس”
- Persian: “سبسطیه”
- Portuguese: “Sebastia”
- Romanian: “Sebastia”
- Russian: “Себастья”
- Spanish: “Sebastia”
- Urdu: “سیبسٹیا، نابلس”
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: An-Naqura and Shaveh Shomron.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Youth Development Association and بلدية سبسطية.
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