Isawiya

Isawiya is a hill in , and has an elevation of 560 metres. Isawiya is situated nearby to the locality , as well as near the village .

Places of Interest

Highlights include Monastery of Martyrius and Khirbet Almit.

Archaeological site
, whose ruins, known as Khirbet el-Murassas in Arabic, have been excavated in the centre of the settlement and city of , was one of the most important centres of monastic life in the Judean Desert during the Byzantine period. is situated 3 km southeast of Isawiya.

Peak
is an archaeological site in the , occupied from the Middle Bronze Age to the Ottoman period. It is located in the about 4 km northeast of and about 1.5 km northeast of . is situated 3 km northwest of Isawiya.

School
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a hesder yeshiva located in the Mitzpeh Nevo neighborhood of the Israeli settlement, . It was founded in 1977 by Haim Sabato and Yitzchak Sheilat, then two young rabbis from Yeshivat HaKotel, in Jerusalem.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include E1 (West Bank) and Az-Za’ayyem.

Locality
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E1, also called the E1 area, E1 zone or E1 corridor, is an area of the Israeli-occupied within the municipal boundary of the Israeli settlement of .

Village
Photo: Mary Madigan, CC BY 2.0.
az-Za'ayyem is a Palestinian village in the , located 3 kilometers east of in the central . According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the village had a population of 6,270 in 2017. is situated 2½ km southwest of Isawiya.

Town
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
'Anata is a Palestinian town in the Jerusalem Governorate of the State of Palestine, in the central , located four kilometers northeast of Jerusalem's Old City. is situated 3 km west of Isawiya.

Isawiya

Latitude
31.80306° or 31° 48′ 11″ north
Longitude
35.28696° or 35° 17′ 13″ east
Elevation
560 metres (1,837 feet)
Open location code
8G3QR73P+6Q
Geo­Names ID
283583
Wiki­data ID
Q31248532
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Hebrew—“Isawiya” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Isawiya”
  • Dutch: “Isawiya”
  • Hebrew: “עיסאוויה (גבעה)”

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