Deir Abu Mash’al
Deir Abu Mash'al is a Palestinian village in the Ramallah and al-Bireh Governorate of the State of Palestine, located 24 kilometers west of Ramallah in the northern West Bank.Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Village with 3,480 residents
- Description: municipality in Ramallah and al-Bireh Governorate
- Also known as: “Dayr Abu Mash’al”, “Dayr Abū Mash‘al”, “Deir Abu Mash‘al”, “Deir Abu Masha’al”, “Deir Abu Mashaal”, and “Deir Abu Mashal”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Shuqba Cave and Khirbet Tibnah.
Shuqba Cave
Cave
Photo: Wala fatayer, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Shuqba Cave is an archaeological site in Wadi Natuf near the town of Shuqba in the West Bank, Ramallah and al-Bireh Governorate, Palestine. The cave is the type-site for the prehistoric Natufian culture. Shuqba Cave is situated 3 km southwest of Deir Abu Mash’al.
Khirbet Tibnah
Archaeological site
Photo: Amos1947, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Khirbet Tibnah is a tell located in the Ramallah and al-Bireh Governorate of the West Bank, between the villages Deir Nidham and Nabi Salih. It was inhabited from the Early Bronze Age to the Ottoman period. Khirbet Tibnah is situated 4 km east of Deir Abu Mash’al.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Aboud and Shuqba.
Aboud
Village
Photo: Mahmood moutan, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Aboud is a Palestinian village in the Ramallah and al-Bireh Governorate of the State of Palestine, in the central West Bank, northwest of Ramallah and 30 kilometers north of Jerusalem.
Shuqba
Village
Photo: יעקב, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Shuqba is a Palestinian town in the Ramallah and al-Bireh Governorate, located 17 kilometers northwest of the city of Ramallah in Palestine. Shuqba has a total area of 13,990 dunams, and the built-up area comprises 616 dunams. Shuqba is situated 3 km southwest of Deir Abu Mash’al.
Shabtin
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Shabtin is a Palestinian village in the Ramallah and al-Bireh Governorate of the State of Palestine, in the central West Bank. Shabtin is located 14.4 kilometres north-west of Ramallah. Shabtin is situated 3½ km southwest of Deir Abu Mash’al.
Deir Abu Mash’al
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: West Bank, Palestine, Middle East, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
31.99881° or 31° 59′ 56″ northLongitude
35.06828° or 35° 4′ 6″ eastPopulation
3,480Elevation
444 metres (1,457 feet)Open location code
8G3QX3X9+G8OpenStreetMap ID
node 332788551OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
284104Wikidata ID
Q5252502
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Spanish—“Deir Abu Mash’al” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “دير أبو مشعل”
- Arabic: “دير ابو مشعل”
- Asturian: “Deir Abu Mash’al”
- Bengali: “দেইর আবু মাশআল”
- Catalan: “Deir Abu Mash’al”
- Cebuano: “Dayr Abū Mash‘al”
- Dutch: “Dayr Abū Mash‘al”
- Dutch: “Deir Abu Mash’al”
- Egyptian Arabic: “دير ابو مشعل”
- French: “Deir Abu Mash’al”
- French: “Deir Abu Mashaal”
- Hebrew: “דיר אבו משעל”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Deir Abu Mash’al”
- Polish: “Dajr Abu Masz’al”
- Spanish: “Deir Abu Mash’al”
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