Ni’lin

Ni'lin is a Palestinian town in the of the State of Palestine, in the central , located 17 kilometers west of .
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Ma’arava Yeshiva and Khirbet Abu ed-Dinein.

Synagogue
Photo: יעקב, CC BY 3.0.
Maarava Machon Rubin is an Orthodox yeshiva high school located in the Israeli settlement of Matityahu, near Modi'in, midway between and .

Ruins
Khirbet Abu ad-Danin, Horvat Abu a-Danin or Kh. Abu ed-Dinein is an archaeological site located in the central , just south of . The site represents a rural Jewish village from the late Second Temple period, founded in the 2nd century BCE and reaching its peak during the late Hellenistic and early Roman periods. is situated 2½ km southeast of Ni’lin.

Ruins
Modi’in, also Modi’im, and later, Moditha, was an ancient Jewish city located in , near the modern city of , . First mentioned in the Books of Maccabees, it was the hometown of the priestly Hasmonean family, who assumed leadership over Judea following the victorious Maccabean uprising. is situated 3 km southwest of Ni’lin.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Hashmonaim and Ganei Modi’in.

Village
Photo: יעקב, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is an Israeli settlement located in the western section of the , off Route 443. is located two kilometers east of , midway between and and is part of the .

Village
Ganei Modi'in is an Israeli settlement in the . Located just over the Green Line to the north of , it falls under the jurisdiction of .

Ni’lin

Latitude
31.94562° or 31° 56′ 44″ north
Longitude
35.02222° or 35° 1′ 20″ east
Population
4,510
Elevation
239 metres (784 feet)
Open location code
8G3QW2WC+6V
Open­Street­Map ID
node 332788405
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
282529
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Satellite Map

Discover Ni’lin from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Spanish—“Ni’lin” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “نعلين”
  • French: “Ni’lin”
  • German: “Ni’lin”
  • Hebrew: “נעלין”
  • Spanish: “Ni’lin”

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