Khirbat Kafr Rāsiyah

Khirbat Kafr Rāsiyah is a ruin in West Bank, Palestine. Khirbat Kafr Rāsiyah is situated nearby to the hamlet Bayt Nuba, as well as near the village Mevo Horon.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Yalo and Tel Ayalon.

Yalo

Ruins

Yalo is a depopulated Palestinian Arab village located 13 kilometres southeast of Ramla. Identified by Edward Robinson as the ancient Canaanite and Israelite city of Aijalon. Yalo is situated 3 km southwest of Khirbat Kafr Rāsiyah.

Tel Ayalon

Archaeological site

Photo: Aaadir, CC0.

Tel Ayalon is an archaeological site, which is situated 3 km southwest of Khirbat Kafr Rāsiyah.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Bayt Nuba and Mevo Horon.

Bayt Nuba

Hamlet

Bayt Nuba is a depopulated Palestinian village located halfway between the Old City of Jerusalem and Ramla. During the Six-Day War of 1967, the Israel Defense Forces ethnically cleansed Bayt Nuba in the Naksa and replaced it with the Jewish-only Israeli settlement of Mevo Horon.

Mevo Horon

Village

Photo: יעקב, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Mevo Horon is an Israeli settlement and religious moshav shitufi in the Israeli-occupied West Bank. Located near Latrun and the city of Modi'in, it falls under the jurisdiction of Mateh Binyamin Regional Council.

Beit Liqya

Town

Photo: Oyoyoy, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Beit Liqya is a Palestinian town located in the Ramallah and al-Bireh Governorate in the northern West Bank. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, it had a population of approximately 9,304 in 2017.

Khirbat Kafr Rāsiyah

Type: Ruin
Also known as: “Khirbat Kafr Rāsiya” and “Khirbat Kafr Rasiyah”
Categories: tourist attraction and tourism
Location: West Bank, Palestine, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude

31.86344° or 31° 51′ 48″ north

Longitude

35.04372° or 35° 2′ 37″ east

Elevation

245 metres (804 feet)

Open location code

8G3QV27V+9F

GeoNames ID

283360

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