‘Ayn al Maşşāyah

‘Ayn al Maşşāyah is a spring in West Bank, Palestine. ‘Ayn al Maşşāyah is situated nearby to the town Beitar Illit, as well as near the israeli settlement Hadar Betar.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Khirbet DJumdjum and Al-Qabu.

Khirbet DJumdjum

Archaeological site

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Khirbet Jamjum is an archaeological site located in the western Hebron Hills of the modern-day West Bank. The settlement occupies the summit and southern saddle of a prominent limestone ridge. Khirbet DJumdjum is situated 3 km south of ‘Ayn al Maşşāyah.

Al-Qabu

Ruins

Photo: Agmonsnir, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Al-Qabu was a Palestinian Arab village in the Jerusalem Subdistrict. The name is an Arabic variation of the site's original Roman name, and the ruins of a church there are thought to date to the era of Byzantine or Crusader rule over Palestine. Al-Qabu is situated 4 km north of ‘Ayn al Maşşāyah.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Beitar Illit and Wadi Fukin.

Beitar Illit

Town

Photo: Yoninah, CC BY 2.5.

Beitar Illit is a Haredi Jewish-Israeli settlement organized as a city council in the Gush Etzion settlement bloc, ten kilometres southwest of Jerusalem in the West Bank.

Wadi Fukin

Village

Photo: Whewes, CC BY 2.0.

Wadi Fukin is a Palestinian village in the West Bank, eight kilometers southwest of Bethlehem in the Bethlehem Governorate. The village is located on 700 acres of land, between the Green Line and the Israeli West Bank barrier, with the Israeli settlement of Beitar Illit on one side and the Israeli town of Tzur Hadasa on the other.

Nahalin

Village

Photo: Ahmadgahyadeh, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Nahalin, also spelled Nahaleen, is a Palestinian village located in the Bethlehem Governorate of the State of Palestine, to the southwest of Bethlehem in the West Bank.

‘Ayn al Maşşāyah

Type: Spring
Also known as: “‘Ain el Maṣāyia”, “‘Ayn al Massayah”, and “‘Ein el Massāya”
Category: body of water
Location: West Bank, Palestine, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude

31.69555° or 31° 41′ 44″ north

Longitude

35.1087° or 35° 6′ 31″ east

Elevation

625 metres (2,051 feet)

Open location code

8G3QM4W5+6F

GeoNames ID

282825

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