Bayt Nuba
Bayt Nuba is a depopulated Palestinian village located halfway between the Old City of Jerusalem and Ramla. During the Six-Day War of 1967, the Israel Defense Forces ethnically cleansed Bayt Nuba in the Naksa and replaced it with the Jewish-only Israeli settlement of Mevo Horon.- Type: Hamlet with 246 residents
- Description: village in Ramle, Mandatory Palestine
- Also known as: “Bait Noba”, “Bayt Lūbā”, “Bayt Nūbā”, and “Beit Nūbā”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Yalo and Tel Ayalon.
Yalo
Ruins
Yalo is a depopulated Palestinian Arab village located 13 kilometres southeast of Ramla. Identified by Edward Robinson as the ancient Canaanite and Israelite city of Aijalon. Yalo is situated 2½ km southwest of Bayt Nuba.
Tel Ayalon
Archaeological site
Tel Ayalon is an archaeological site, which is situated 2½ km southwest of Bayt Nuba.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Mevo Horon and Beit Liqya.
Mevo Horon
Village
Mevo Horon is an Israeli settlement and religious moshav shitufi in the Israeli-occupied West Bank. Located near Latrun and the city of Modi'in, it falls under the jurisdiction of Mateh Binyamin Regional Council.
Beit Liqya
Town
Beit Liqya is a Palestinian town located in the Ramallah and al-Bireh Governorate in the northern West Bank. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, it had a population of approximately 9,304 in 2017. Beit Liqya is situated 2½ km northeast of Bayt Nuba.
Beit Sira
Village
Beit Sira is a Palestinian village in the central West Bank, located 22 kilometers west of Ramallah and is a part of the Ramallah and al-Bireh Governorate. Beit Sira is situated 3½ km north of Bayt Nuba.
Bayt Nuba
- Categories: former settlement, depopulated Palestinian village, human settlement, and locality
- Location: West Bank, Palestine, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
31.85827° or 31° 51′ 30″ north
Longitude
35.04237° or 35° 2′ 33″ east
Population
246
Elevation
251 metres (823 feet)
Open location code
8G3QV25R+8W
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Urdu—“Bayt Nuba” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “بيت نوبا”
- Arabic: “بيت نُوبا”
- Cebuano: “Bayt Nūbā”
- Chinese: “拜特努巴”
- Egyptian Arabic: “بيت نوبا”
- French: “Beit Nouba”
- Hebrew: “בית נובא”
- Hebrew: “בית נובה”
- Italian: “Beit Nuba”
- Japanese: “ベイト・ヌバ”
- Persian: “بیت نوبا”
- Polish: “Bajt Nuba”
- Urdu: “بیت نوبا”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Mevo Horon and בית סירא.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Bait Noba Mosque and מעיין מח״ר.
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