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 Khirbet Beit Sila and Ofer Penitentiary.

Khirbet Beit Sila

Archaeological site

Photo: Owenglyndur, CC BY 4.0.

Khirbet Beit Sila is an archaeological site located south of Beitunia, in the central West Bank. It is situated in the historical Benjamin area, above Nahal Modi'im and beside a secondary route that led from the Shephelah up to Jerusalem. Khirbet Beit Sila is situated 1½ km southeast of Khirbat ar Ra’s.

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.

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
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Latitude

31.88434° or 31° 53′ 4″ north

Longitude

35.14261° or 35° 8′ 33″ east

Elevation

751 metres (2,464 feet)

Open location code

8G3QV4MV+P2

GeoNames ID

282224

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