Sheikh Jarrah
Sheikh Jarrah is a predominantly Palestinian neighborhood in East Jerusalem, two kilometres north of the Old City, on the road to Mount Scopus. It received its name from the 13th-century tomb of Hussam al-Din al-Jarrahi, a physician of Saladin, located within its vicinity.
- Type: Suburb
- Description: neighborhood in East Jerusalem, Palestine
- Also known as: “Esh Sheikh Jarrah”, “Esh Sheikh Jarrāḥ”, “Scheich Scharra”, “Šejch Džara”, “Shaykh Jarrah”, “Sheikh Jarah”, “שיח‘ ג’ראח”, “שייח ג’ראח”, “שייח‘ ג’ארח”, “シェーフ・ジャラーフ”, “シェイク・ジャッラーハ”, “シェイク・ジャラー”, and “谢赫·贾拉”
Places of Interest
Highlights: St. John and Saint Joseph.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kiryat Menachem Begin and Ma’alot Dafna.
Sheikh Jarrah
- Categories: neighborhood of Jerusalem and locality
- Location: West Bank, Palestine, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
31.79477° or 31° 47′ 41″ north
Longitude
35.23091° or 35° 13′ 51″ east
Elevation
796 metres (2,612 feet)
Open location code
8G3QQ6VJ+W9
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburb
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Albanian to Western Panjabi—“Sheikh Jarrah” goes by many names.
- Albanian: “Shejh Xharah”
- Arabic: “الشيخ جراح”
- Bengali: “শেখ জাররাহ”
- Catalan: “Sheikh Jarrah”
- Catalan: “Xeik Jarrah”
- Chinese: “謝赫賈拉”
- Chinese: “谢赫贾拉”
- Czech: “Šejch Džarach”
- Dutch: “Sheikh Jarrah”
- Egyptian Arabic: “الشيخ جراح”
- Esperanto: “Ŝejko Ĵarrah”
- Finnish: “Sheikh Jarrah”
- French: “Cheikh Jarrah”
- French: “Sheikh Jarrah”
- German: “Scheich Dscharrah”
- Hebrew: “שייח‘ ג’ראח”
- Hebrew: “שייח’ ג’ראח”
- Indonesian: “Sheikh Jarrah”
- Italian: “Sheikh Jarrah”
- Japanese: “シェイフヤラ”
- Malay: “Sheikh Jarrah”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Sheikh Jarrah”
- Norwegian: “Sheikh Jarrah”
- Persian: “شیخ جراح”
- Polish: “Asz-Szajch Dżarrah”
- Polish: “Szajch Dżarrah”
- Polish: “Szeik Jarrah”
- Portuguese: “Sheikh Jarrah”
- Russian: “Шейх-Джаррах”
- Spanish: “Sheij Jarrah”
- Spanish: “Sheij Yarrah”
- Thai: “อัชชัยค์ญัรรอห์”
- Turkish: “Şeikh Jarrah”
- Turkish: “Şeyh Cerrah”
- Ukrainian: “Еш-Шейх-Джаррах”
- Urdu: “شیخ جراح”
- Western Panjabi: “شیخ جراح”
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Beit Yisroel and Givat HaMivtar.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Red cross and Italian Agency for Development Cooperation.
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