Kobar
Kobar is a Palestinian village in the Ramallah and al-Bireh Governorate of the State of Palestine, in the northern West Bank. Kobar is located at an altitude of 670 meters above sea level with a mean annual rainfall of 669.8 mm.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: עדירל, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Village with 3,550 residents
- Description: village in Ramallah and al-Bireh Governorate, Palestine
- Also known as: “Kaubar”, “Kawbar”, and “Kūbar”
Places of Interest
Highlights include The Palestinian Museum and Jibiya.
The Palestinian Museum
Museum
Photo: Dan Palraz, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Palestinian Museum is a museum in Birzeit, in the West Bank, Palestine, that was inaugurated on 18 May 2016. It is a flagship project of the Welfare Association, a non-profit organization for developing humanitarian projects in Palestine. The Palestinian Museum is situated 3½ km southeast of Kobar.
Jibiya
Residential area
Jibiya is a Palestinian village in the Ramallah and al-Bireh Governorate. It was founded after the 16th century. It is mentioned in text from 1697.
Hovlata
Archaeological site
Photo: Amos1947, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Hovlata is an archaeological site, which is situated 3½ km northwest of Kobar.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Burham and Ateret.
Burham
Village
Photo: עדירל, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Burham is a Palestinian village in the Ramallah and al-Bireh Governorate located twelve kilometers north of Ramallah. The largest nearby town is Bir Zeit located to the southeast.
Ateret
Village
Photo: Sir Shurf, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Ateret is an Israeli settlement organized as a community settlement in the West Bank. Located in the municipal jurisdiction of the Mateh Binyamin Regional Council, it is located on a hilltop, at an elevation of 760 metres, occupying land confiscated by Israel from three nearby Palestinian villages: Ajjul, 'Atara, and Umm Safa.
Nahliel
Village
Photo: Dnd man, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Nahliel is a Haredi Israeli settlement in the West Bank. Located close to the Palestinian villages of Beitillu and Deir 'Ammar, and some 20 kilometres from Modi'in, it is organised as a community settlement and falls under the jurisdiction of the Mateh Binyamin Regional Council.
Kobar
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: West Bank, Palestine, Middle East, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
31.98867° or 31° 59′ 19″ northLongitude
35.15771° or 35° 9′ 28″ eastPopulation
3,550Elevation
647 metres (2,123 feet)Open location code
8G3QX5Q5+F3OpenStreetMap ID
node 333119880OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
283316Wikidata ID
Q6424266
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Russian—“Kobar” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “قرية كوبر”
- Arabic: “كوبر”
- Arabic: “كوبر”
- Bulgarian: “Кобар”
- Catalan: “Kobar”
- Cebuano: “Kūbar”
- Danish: “Kobar”
- Dutch: “Kobar”
- Dutch: “Kūbar”
- Egyptian Arabic: “كوبر”
- French: “Kobar”
- Hebrew: “כובאר”
- Hebrew: “קובר”
- Irish: “Kobar”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Kobar”
- Polish: “Kubar”
- Russian: “Кобар”
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