Ma‘ale Adummim
Maale Adumim is an Israeli settlement in the West Bank, east of Jerusalem. It has about 37,000 residents.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Monastery of Martyrius and Yeshivat Birkat Moshe.
Monastery of Martyrius
Archaeological site
Monastery of Martyrius, whose ruins, known as Khirbet el-Murassas in Arabic, have been excavated in the centre of the West Bank settlement and city of Ma'ale Adumim, was one of the most important centres of monastic life in the Judean Desert during the Byzantine period.
Yeshivat Birkat Moshe
School
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Yeshivat Birkat Moshe is a hesder yeshiva located in the Mitzpeh Nevo neighborhood of the Israeli settlement, Ma'ale Adumim. It was founded in 1977 by Haim Sabato and Yitzchak Sheilat, then two young rabbis from Yeshivat HaKotel, in Jerusalem.
אנדרטה לזכר נופלי מלחמת חרבות ברזל תושבי מעלה אדומים
Memorial
Photo: Sam Philipe, CC BY-SA 4.0.
אנדרטה לזכר נופלי מלחמת חרבות ברזל תושבי מעלה אדומים is a memorial.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include ’Arab al-Jahalin and Kedar.
’Arab al-Jahalin
Village
ʿArab al-Jahalin also known as al-Jabal is a Palestinian Bedouin neighborhood in the Jerusalem Governorate, located five kilometers southeast of Jerusalem in the West Bank.
Kedar
Village
Photo: Deror avi, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Kedar is a rural Israeli settlement in the West Bank. Located to the south of Ma'ale Adumim and organised as a community settlement, it falls under the jurisdiction of Gush Etzion Regional Council. Kedar is situated 3 km southeast of Ma‘ale Adummim.
Ma‘ale Adummim
- Type: Israeli settlement with 38,200 residents
- Also known as: “Ma’ale Adummim” and “Ma‘ale Ha‘adumim”
- Location: West Bank, Palestine, Middle East, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
31.7774° or 31° 46′ 39″ northLongitude
35.29875° or 35° 17′ 56″ eastPopulation
38,200Elevation
498 metres (1,634 feet)Open location code
8G3QQ7GX+XFGeoNames ID
282993
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Hebrew—“Ma‘ale Adummim” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “معالي أدوميم”
- Hebrew: “מעלה אדומים”
- Hebrew: “מַעֲלֵה אֲדֻמִּים”
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About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Ma‘ale Adummim”. Photo: Labour Palestine, CC BY 2.0.