Khirbat Bayt Sīlah
Khirbat Bayt Sīlah is a ruin in West Bank, Palestine. Khirbat Bayt Sīlah is situated nearby to the archaeological site Khirbet Beit Sila, as well as near the town Beitunia.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Khirbet Beit Sila and Ofer Penitentiary.
Khirbet Beit Sila
Archaeological site
Khirbet Beit Sila is an archaeological site located south of Beitunia, in the central West Bank. It is situated in the historical Benjamin area, above Nahal Modi'im and beside a secondary route that led from the Shephelah up to Jerusalem. Khirbet Beit Sila is situated 790 metres southeast of Khirbat Bayt Sīlah.
Ofer Penitentiary
Prison
Ofer Prison, formerly officially known as Incarceration Facility 385, is an Israeli military incarceration facility in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, between Beitunia and Giv'at Ze'ev. Ofer Penitentiary is situated 3 km southeast of Khirbat Bayt Sīlah.
Mahmoud Darwish Museum (Al-Birweh Park)
Park
Mahmoud Darwish Museum (Al-Birweh Park) is situated 4 km east of Khirbat Bayt Sīlah.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Beitunia and Beit Horon.
Beitunia
Town
Beitunia, also Bitunya, is a Palestinian city located 3 kilometers west of Ramallah and 14 kilometers north of Jerusalem, in the Ramallah and al-Bireh Governorate of Palestine, in the central West Bank.
Beit Horon
Village
Beit Horon is a communal Israeli settlement in the West Bank. Bordering Route 443 between Modi'in and Jerusalem, the biblical pass of Beit Horon, after which it is named, it falls under the jurisdiction of Mateh Binyamin Regional Council.
Ein Arik
Village
Ein Arik is a Palestinian village in the Ramallah and al-Bireh Governorate, located 7 kilometers west of Ramallah in the central West Bank. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the town had a population of 1,567 inhabitants consisting of Muslims and Christians in 2007 and a population of 1,774 in 2017. Ein Arik is situated 2½ km north of Khirbat Bayt Sīlah.
Khirbat Bayt Sīlah
- Type: Ruin
- Also known as: “Khirbat Bayt Silah” and “Khirbat Beit Sila”
- Categories: tourist attraction and tourism
- Location: West Bank, Palestine, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
31.88333° or 31° 53′ north
Longitude
35.15° or 35° 9′ east
Elevation
732 metres (2,402 feet)
Open location code
8G3QV5M2+82
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