Deir Istiya
Deir Istiya is a Palestinian town of 3,696 in the Salfit Governorate of the State of Palestine, in the northern West Bank, 15 kilometers southwest of Nablus. The built-up area of Deir Istiya is 74 dunams, and its old city has about thirty families.- Type: Village with 3,730 residents
- Description: town in Salfit Governorate
- Also known as: “Dayr Istiya”, “Dayr Istyā”, “Deir Istiyā”, “Deir Istya”, and “دير إسيتا”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Tomb of Joshua Ben Nun.
Tomb of Joshua Ben Nun
Place of worship
The Tomb of Joshua, i.e. the burial site of the biblical figure Joshua, and that of his companion Caleb are, according to a Samaritan tradition noted in 1877, at Kifl Haris in the West Bank.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Revava and Haris.
Revava
Village
Revava, is an Orthodox Jewish Israeli settlement in the West Bank. Located to the northwest of Ariel, it falls under the jurisdiction of Shomron Regional Council.
Haris
Village
Haris is a Palestinian town in the Salfit Governorate of the State of Palestine, in the northern West Bank, 24 kilometers Southwest of Nablus. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, it had a population of 4,137 in 2017.
Kifl Haris
Village
Kifl Haris is a Palestinian village in the northern West Bank, located six kilometers west of Salfit and 18 kilometers south of Nablus, in Salfit Governorate, Palestine; it is located northwest of the Israeli settlement of Ariel.
Deir Istiya
- Categories: town and locality
- Location: Salfit Governorate, West Bank, Palestine, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
32.12913° or 32° 7′ 45″ north
Longitude
35.14088° or 35° 8′ 27″ east
Population
3,730
Elevation
445 metres (1,460 feet)
Open location code
8G4Q44HR+M8
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Norwegian Nynorsk—“Deir Istiya” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “دير إستيا”
- Arabic: “دير استيا”
- Asturian: “Deir Istiya”
- Catalan: “Deir Istiya”
- Cebuano: “Dayr Istiyā”
- Chinese: “代爾伊斯蒂亞”
- Dutch: “Deir Istiya”
- Egyptian Arabic: “دير استيا”
- French: “Deir Istiya”
- Hebrew: “דיר איסתיא”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Deir Istiya”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Revava and Kiryat Netafim.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Deir Estya Municipality and Deir Istiya Big Mosque.
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