Banī Qays
Banī Qays is a locality in West Bank, Palestine and has an elevation of 835 metres. Banī Qays is situated nearby to the locality Al Buwayrah, as well as near Khallat ad Dār.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Cave of the Patriarchs and Hebron/Al-Khalil Old Town.
Cave of the Patriarchs
Photo: Djampa, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Cave of the Patriarchs or Tomb of the Patriarchs, known to Jews by its Biblical name Cave of Machpelah and to Muslims as the Ibrahami Mosque, or Sanctuary of Ibrahim, is a series of caves situated in the heart of the Old City of Hebron in the West Bank, 30 kilometres south of Jerusalem. Cave of the Patriarchs is situated 3½ km north of Banī Qays.
Hebron/Al-Khalil Old Town
Protected area
Photo: Eman, Public domain.
The Old City of Hebron is the historic city centre of Hebron. The Hebron of antiquity is thought by archaeologists to have originally started elsewhere, at Tel Rumeida, which is approximately 200 meters west of today's Old City, and thought to have originally been a Canaanite city. Hebron/Al-Khalil Old Town is situated 3½ km north of Banī Qays.
Hebron Observatory
Scenic viewpoint
Photo: בן נחום, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Hebron Observatory is a scenic viewpoint, which is situated 4 km north of Banī Qays.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Qilqis and Beit Hagai.
Qilqis
Village
Photo: سجى نبيل أبو سنينة, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Qilqis is a Palestinian village located four kilometers south of Hebron and adjacent to the Israeli settlement of Beit Haggai. The village is in the Hebron Governorate in the Southern West Bank.
Beit Hagai
Village
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Beit Hagai, also Hagai, is an Israeli settlement organized as a community settlement located in the southern Hebron Hills in the West Bank. The settlement population was 460 in 2004, according to a classified government document published by the Haaretz newspaper, and lies within the municipal jurisdiction of the Har Hevron Regional Council. Beit Hagai is situated 3½ km west of Banī Qays.
Kiryat Arba
Village
Kiryat Arba or Qiryat Arba is an urban Israeli settlement on the outskirts of Hebron, in the southern Israeli-occupied West Bank. Founded in 1968, in 2023 it had a population of 7,572. Kiryat Arba is situated 4 km north of Banī Qays.
Banī Qays
- Type: Locality
- Also known as: “Bani Qays” and “Bani Qeis”
- Location: West Bank, Palestine, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
31.49124° or 31° 29′ 29″ northLongitude
35.11484° or 35° 6′ 53″ eastElevation
835 metres (2,740 feet)Open location code
8G3QF4R7+FWGeoNames ID
284429
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