Khirbat ar Ra’s
Khirbat ar Ra’s is a ruin in West Bank, Palestine. Khirbat ar Ra’s is situated nearby to the village Beit Horon, as well as near Ein Arik.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Ofer Penitentiary.
Ofer Penitentiary
Prison
Photo: Christopher Michel, CC BY 2.0.
Ofer Prison, formerly officially known as Incarceration Facility 385, is an Israeli military incarceration facility in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, between Beitunia and Giv'at Ze'ev. Ofer Penitentiary is situated 4 km east of Khirbat ar Ra’s.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Beit Horon and Ein Arik.
Beit Horon
Village
Beit Horon is a communal Israeli settlement in the West Bank. Bordering Route 443 between Modi'in and Jerusalem, the biblical pass of Beit Horon, after which it is named, it falls under the jurisdiction of Mateh Binyamin Regional Council.
Ein Arik
Village
Photo: Mahmood moutan, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Ein Arik is a Palestinian village in the Ramallah and al-Bireh Governorate, located 7 kilometers west of Ramallah in the central West Bank. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the town had a population of 1,567 inhabitants consisting of Muslims and Christians in 2007 and a population of 1,774 in 2017. Ein Arik is situated 2½ km north of Khirbat ar Ra’s.
At-Tira
Village
Photo: Hammam AbuAlrob, CC BY 4.0.
At-Tira is a Palestinian village in the Ramallah and al-Bireh Governorate in the northern West Bank. At-Tira is situated 2½ km southwest of Khirbat ar Ra’s.
Khirbat ar Ra’s
- Type: Ruin
- Categories: tourist attraction and tourism
- Location: West Bank, Palestine, Middle East, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
31.88434° or 31° 53′ 4″ northLongitude
35.14261° or 35° 8′ 33″ eastElevation
751 metres (2,464 feet)Open location code
8G3QV4MV+P2GeoNames ID
282224
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