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.
- Suburb
- …lies at an elevation of around 800 metres (2,610 feet)
- Description: neighborhood in East Jerusalem, Palestine
- Also known as“Esh Sheikh Jarrāḥ”“Shaykh Jarrah”“Sheikh Jarah”
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Sheikh Jarrah
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Latitude
31.79477° or 31° 47′ 41″ north
Longitude
35.23091° or 35° 13′ 51″ east
Open location code
8G3QQ6VJ+W9
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place = suburb
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Albanian to Western Panjabi—“Sheikh Jarrah” goes by many names.
Shejh XharahAlbanian
الشيخ جراحArabic
শেখ জাররাহBengali
Sheikh JarrahCatalan
Xeik JarrahCatalan
謝赫賈拉Chinese
谢赫·贾拉Chinese
Šejch DžaraCzech
Šejch DžarachCzech
Sheikh JarrahDutch
الشيخ جراحEgyptian Arabic
Ŝejko ĴarrahEsperanto
Sheikh JarrahFinnish
שיח‘ ג’ראחHebrew
שייח‘ ג’ארחHebrew
שייח‘ ג’ראחHebrew
Sheikh JarrahIndonesian
Sheikh JarrahItalian
シェーフ・ジャラーフJapanese
シェイク・ジャッラーハJapanese
シェイク・ジャラーJapanese
シェイフヤラJapanese
Sheikh JarrahMalay
Sheikh JarrahNorwegian
Sheikh JarrahNorwegian Bokmål
شیخ جراحPersian
Asz-Szajch DżarrahPolish
Szajch DżarrahPolish
Szeik JarrahPolish
Шейх-ДжаррахRussian
อัชชัยค์ญัรรอห์Thai
Şeikh JarrahTurkish
Şeyh CerrahTurkish
Еш-Шейх-ДжаррахUkrainian
Шейх-ДжаррахUkrainian
شیخ جراحUrdu
شیخ جراحWestern Panjabi
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