Bi’r al Azwar
Bi’r al Azwar is a well in West Bank, Palestine. Bi’r al Azwar is situated nearby to the village Az-Za’ayyem, as well as near the locality E1 (West Bank).Places of Interest
Highlights include Mount of Olives and Dome of the Rock.
Mount of Olives
Peak
The Old City of Jerusalem is that part of Jerusalem surrounded by the impressive 16th-century Ottoman city walls and representing the heart of the city both historically and spiritually. Mount of Olives is situated 3 km southwest of Bi’r al Azwar.
Dome of the Rock
Mosque
The Dome of the Rock is an octagonal Islamic shrine at the center of the Al-Aqsa mosque compound on the Temple Mount in the Old City of Jerusalem. It is the world's oldest surviving work of Islamic architecture, the earliest archaeologically-attested religious structure to be built by a Muslim ruler and contains the earliest inscriptions proclaiming Islam and the prophet Muhammad. Dome of the Rock is situated 4 km southwest of Bi’r al Azwar.
Mount Scopus
Peak
Jerusalem is the largest city of Israel. Israel claims it as its capital and a few countries including the United States recognize that claim, but most other countries and the United Nations do not. Mount Scopus is situated 2½ km west of Bi’r al Azwar.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Az-Za’ayyem and E1 (West Bank).
Az-Za’ayyem
Village
az-Za'ayyem is a Palestinian village in the Jerusalem Governorate, located 3 kilometers east of Jerusalem in the central West Bank. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the village had a population of 6,270 in 2017.
E1 (West Bank)
Locality
’Anata
Town
Bi’r al Azwar
- Type: Well
- Also known as: “Bi’r al ‘Izwār”
- Category: body of water
- Location: West Bank, Palestine, Middle East, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
31.79306° or 31° 47′ 35″ north
Longitude
35.27218° or 35° 16′ 20″ east
Elevation
606 metres (1,988 feet)
Open location code
8G3QQ7VC+6V
GeoNames ID
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