Deir al-Hatab
Deir al-Hatab is a Palestinian village in the Nablus Governorate in the northern West Bank, located east of Nablus, near the neighbouring villages of Salem and Azmout.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: עדירל, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Village with 2,190 residents
- Description: village council in Nablus
- Also known as: “Dayr al Hatab”, “Deir al Hatab”, and “Deir el Hatab”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Bi’er Yacoub and Joseph’s Tomb.
Bi’er Yacoub
Church
Photo: Jkgarrett17, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Jacob's Well, also known as Jacob's Fountain or the Well of Sychar, is a Christian holy site located in Balata village, a suburb of the Palestinian city of Nablus in the West Bank. Bi’er Yacoub is situated 3½ km west of Deir al-Hatab.
Joseph’s Tomb
Synagogue
Photo: David Roberts (painter), Public domain.
Joseph's Tomb is a funerary monument located in Balata village at the eastern entrance to the valley that separates Mounts Gerizim and Ebal, 300 m northwest of Jacob's Well, on the outskirts of the West Bank city of Nablus. Joseph’s Tomb is situated 3½ km west of Deir al-Hatab.
Tell Balata
Archaeological site
Photo: TrickyH, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Tell Balata is an archaeological site in the West Bank near Nablus, Palestine, that includes the remains of an ancient Canaanite city, associated since 1913 with the Biblical city of Shechem. Tell Balata is situated 4 km west of Deir al-Hatab.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Azmut and Salim.
Azmut
Village
Photo: עדירל, CC BY-SA 4.0.
’Azmut is a Palestinian village in the Nablus Governorate in the eastern West Bank, located five kilometers northeast of Nablus. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the village had a population of 3,440 inhabitants in 2017.
Salim
Village
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Salim is a Palestinian town in the northern West Bank, located six kilometers east of Nablus and is a part of the Nablus Governorate. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, Salim had a population of 6,266 inhabitants in 2017.
Elon Moreh
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.5.
Elon Moreh is an Orthodox Jewish Israeli settlement in the West Bank. Located northeast of the Palestinian city of Nablus, on the slopes of the Mount Kabir ridge, it falls under the jurisdiction of Shomron Regional Council.
Deir al-Hatab
- Category: locality
- Location: Nablus Governorate, West Bank, Palestine, Middle East, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
32.2171° or 32° 13′ 2″ northLongitude
35.32186° or 35° 19′ 19″ eastPopulation
2,190Elevation
509 metres (1,670 feet)Open location code
8G4Q688C+RPOpenStreetMap ID
node 334199375OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
284099Wikidata ID
Q5252533
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Norwegian Nynorsk—“Deir al-Hatab” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “دير الحطب”
- Catalan: “Deir al-Hatab”
- Cebuano: “Dayr al Ḩaţab”
- Dutch: “Deir al-Hatab”
- Egyptian Arabic: “دير الحطب”
- French: “Deir al-Hatab”
- Hebrew: “דיר אל-חטב”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Deir al-Hatab”
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