Palestine
West Bank
Salfit Governorate

Deir Istiya

Deir Istiya is a Palestinian town of 3,696 in the of the State of Palestine, in the northern , 15 kilometers southwest of . The built-up area of Deir Istiya is 74 dunams, and its old city has about thirty families.
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  • Type: Village with 3,730 residents
  • Description: town in Salfit Governorate
  • Also known as: “Dayr Istiya”, “Dayr Istyā”, “Deir Istiyā”, and “Deir Istya”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Tomb of Joshua Ben Nun.

Synagogue
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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 in the .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Revava and Haris.

Village
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, is an Orthodox Jewish Israeli settlement in the . Built over land confiscated from the nearby Palestinian cities of Deir Istiya and , it falls under the jurisdiction of Shomron Regional Council.

Village
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is a Palestinian town in the of the State of Palestine, in the northern , 24 kilometers Southwest of Nablus. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, it had a population of 4,137 in 2017.

Village
Photo: עדירל, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a Palestinian village in the northern , located six kilometers west of and 18 kilometers south of , in the of the State of Palestine; it is located northwest of the Israeli settlement of Ariel.

Deir Istiya

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
node 333122688
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
284071
Wiki­data ID
Q5252508
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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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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 “Deir Istiya”. Photo: Bukvoed, CC BY 4.0.