Givat HaMivtar

Givat HaMivtar is an Israeli settlement and a neighborhood in established in 1970 between and French Hill. It is located on a hill where an important battle took place in the Six Day War.
Wikipedia
Photo: Agmonsnir, CC BY-SA 4.0.
  • Type: Suburb
  • Description: Jewish neighborhood in northern Jerusalem
  • Also known as: “Giv‘at HaMivtar”

Places of Interest

Highlights include The Abba Cave and Magharat Umm el ‘Amid.

Cave
Photo: משה גלנץ, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Cave
Photo: תחות, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Umm al-'Amed, or Mugharet Umm el-Amed, is a monumental rock-cut tomb located in Wadi Ramot, north of ancient . Part of the necropolis of Second Temple-era Jerusalem, the tomb features a classical façade and finely carved masonry, characteristic of the elite Jewish burial architecture of late Second Temple .

Battlefield
Photo: Deror avi, CC BY-SA 3.0.
was a fortified military post in the northern part of Jordanian-ruled East Jerusalem and the western slope of . It was the site of one of the fiercest battles of the Six-Day War.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include French Hill and Kiryat Menachem Begin.

Suburb
Photo: Agmonsnir, CC BY-SA 4.0.
, also Giv'at Shapira is an Israeli settlement in northern . It is located on territory that has been occupied since the Six-Day War in 1967 and later unilaterally annexed by Israel under the 1980 Jerusalem Law.

Neighborhood
, named after former Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin, is a complex of government buildings in located between in the north, adjacent to in the east and in the west.

Suburb
Photo: יהודה 01, CC0.
is an Israeli settlement and neighborhood in northern . It was built on land captured from Jordan in the Six-Day War and occupied by Israel since 1967, and was the first settlement built in beyond the Green Line by Israel.

Givat HaMivtar

Latitude
31.80393° or 31° 48′ 14″ north
Longitude
35.23105° or 35° 13′ 52″ east
Elevation
743 metres (2,438 feet)
Open location code
8G3QR63J+HC
Open­Street­Map ID
node 2849685176
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­suburb
Geo­Names ID
283859
Wiki­data ID
Q2919853
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Czech to Yiddish—“Givat HaMivtar” goes by many names.
  • Czech: “Giv’at ha-Mivtar”
  • Czech: “Giv’at HaMivtar”
  • Czech: “Givat ha-Mivtar”
  • Dutch: “Givat HaMivtar”
  • French: “Givat HaMivtar”
  • Hebrew: “גבעת המבתר”
  • Indonesian: “Givat HaMivtar”
  • Persian: “گیوات هامیوتار”
  • Yiddish: “גבעת המבתר”

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Notable Places Nearby

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