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Gilo

Gilo is an Israeli settlement in south-western , with a population of 30,000. Although it is located within the , it is widely considered a settlement, because as one of the five Ring Neighborhoods built by Israel…
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  • Type: Suburb with 32,300 residents
  • Description: Jewish neighborhood in Southern Jerusalem
  • Also known as: “Giloh”
  • Neighbors:

Places of Interest

Highlights include Jerusalem Malcha and Tomb of Rachel.

Railway station
Photo: Dindia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Jerusalem–Malha railway station was one of two Israel Railways termini in , the other being Jerusalem–Yitzhak Navon railway station. The station is located in the southern neighborhood of , across from the Jerusalem Shopping Mall, and .

Synagogue
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Rachel's Tomb is a site revered as the burial place of the Biblical matriarch Rachel. The site is also referred to as the Bilal bin Rabah mosque. The tomb is held in esteem by Jews, Christians, and Muslims.

Railway station
Photo: Ranbar, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Jerusalem–Biblical Zoo railway station is a defunct Israel Railways station on the Jaffa-Jerusalem railway, located in the southwestern part of the city next to the .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Sharafat and Beit Jala.

Suburb
Photo: Agmonsnir, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a Palestinian Arab neighborhood of , located within approximately 5 km to the south west of the . It is situated close to the Palestinian town of and near the Israeli settlement of Gilo in the southern portion of East Jerusalem.

Town
Photo: Gilabrand, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a Palestinian Christian town in the of , in the . is located 10 km 10 km south of , on the western side of the road, opposite , at 825 meters altitude.

Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is an Israeli settlement in the , organized as a community settlement, located about 2 kilometers west of the Palestinian city of and 5 kilometers south of , in the northern Judean hills.

Gilo

Latitude
31.73114° or 31° 43′ 52″ north
Longitude
35.18678° or 35° 11′ 12″ east
Population
32,300
Elevation
830 metres (2,723 feet)
Open location code
8G3QP5JP+FP
Open­Street­Map ID
node 942638670
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­suburb
Geo­Names ID
283862
Wiki­data ID
Q1524664
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yiddish—“Gilo” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “جيلو”
  • Arabic: “چيلو”
  • Catalan: “Gilo”
  • Czech: “Gilo”
  • Dutch: “Gilo”
  • Finnish: “Gilo”
  • French: “Gilo”
  • German: “Gilo”
  • Hebrew: “גילה”
  • Hebrew: “שכונת גילה”
  • Hungarian: “Giló”
  • Italian: “Ghilo”
  • Italian: “Gilo”
  • Javanese: “Gilo”
  • Polish: “Gillo”
  • Polish: “Gilo (osiedle Jerozolimy)”
  • Russian: “Гило”
  • Spanish: “Gilo”
  • Turkish: “Gilo”
  • Yiddish: “גילה”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Gilo”. Photo: Gilabrand, CC BY-SA 3.0.