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Beit Iksa

Beit Iksa is a Palestinian village in the Jerusalem Governorate of the , located northwest of in the . The village is surrounded on all sides by the Israeli West Bank barrier, and outside Palestinians are denied access through the one Israeli checkpoint leading to it.
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  • Type: Village with 1,770 residents
  • Description: village council in Jerusalem Governorate
  • Also known as: “Bayt Iksa” and “Beit Ixxa”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Boundary marker and Tomb of Samuel.

Ruins
Photo: DerNurNochAlsBilderlieferantMitmacht, CC0.
A , border marker, boundary stone, or border stone is a robust physical marker that identifies the start of a land boundary or the change in a boundary, especially a change in direction of a boundary.

Synagogue
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.5.
The , commonly known as Nebi Samuel or Nebi Samwil, is the traditional burial site of the biblical prophet Samuel, atop a steep hill at an elevation of 908 m above sea level, in the Palestinian village of , in the .

Shopping center
Photo: Zivya, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is an indoor/outdoor shopping mall in Ramot, a neighborhood or Israeli settlement in northwest . Opened in September 2011, it is the second-largest shopping center in .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ramot and Nabi Samwil.

Suburb
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, also known as Alon, is an Israeli settlement and neighborhood in . was founded in 1974 as one of Jerusalem's so-called "Ring settlements", considered illegal under international law.

Village
Photo: Alexey Goral, CC BY-SA 3.0.
An-Nabi Samwil, also called al-Nabi Samuil, is a Palestinian village in the of the State of Palestine, located in the , four kilometers north of .

Village
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is a town and local council located 10 km to the west of , straddling both sides of the Jerusalem–Tel Aviv highway. is composed of two distinct older townships, Maoz Zion and Mevaseret Yerushalayim, under the jurisdiction of one local council. is situated 3 km southwest of Beit Iksa.

Beit Iksa

Latitude
31.81791° or 31° 49′ 5″ north
Longitude
35.17986° or 35° 10′ 48″ east
Population
1,770
Elevation
775 metres (2,543 feet)
Open location code
8G3QR59H+5W
Open­Street­Map ID
node 334462842
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
284331
Wiki­data ID
Q4881448
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Urdu—“Beit Iksa” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “بيت إكسا”
  • Arabic: “بيت اكسا”
  • Catalan: “Beit Iksa”
  • Cebuano: “Bayt Iksā”
  • Czech: “Bajt Iksá”
  • Dutch: “Beit Iksa”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “بيت اكسا”
  • Finnish: “Beit Iksa”
  • French: “Beit Iksa”
  • Hebrew: “בית איכסא”
  • Hebrew: “בית איכסה”
  • Hebrew: “בית אכסא”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Beit Iksa”
  • Persian: “بیت اکسا”
  • Polish: “Bajt Iksa”
  • Spanish: “Beit Iksa”
  • Urdu: “بیت اکسا”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Abu Dahouk-Abu Laimon-Beit Iksa and Ramot Bet.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Bait Iksa Council and Cemetery.

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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 “Beit Iksa”. Photo: Agmonsnir, CC BY-SA 4.0.