Ash-Shuhada
Ash-Shuhada is a Palestinian village in the Jenin Governorate of Palestine, located 5 km southwest of the city of Jenin, in the northern West Bank. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the town had a population of 1,738 inhabitants in mid-year 2006 and 2,299 by 2017.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Village with 2,300 residents
- Description: village council in Jenin Governorate
- Also known as: “Ash Shuhada‘”, “Ash Shuhadā‘”, and “Esh Shuhadā”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Tell Dothan and Burkin Church.
Tell Dothan
Ruins
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Dothan is a location mentioned twice in the Hebrew Bible. It has been identified with Tell Dothan, also known as Tell al-Hafireh, located adjacent to the Palestinian town of Bir al-Basha, and ten kilometers southwest of Jenin in the West Bank, near Dotan Junction of Route 60. Tell Dothan is situated 4 km southwest of Ash-Shuhada.
Burkin Church
Church
Photo: Sylwia Ufnalska, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Burqin Church, also known as the Church of the Ten Lepers or Church of St George, is a Greek Orthodox church established during the Byzantine period and located in the Palestinian West Bank town of Burqin, in the Jenin Governorate of Palestine. Burkin Church is situated 3½ km northwest of Ash-Shuhada.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Qabatiya and Burqin.
Qabatiya
Town
Photo: A abualrob, Public domain.
Qabatiya is a city in Jenin Governorate, West Bank, Palestine. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics census, the town had a population of 19,197 in 2007 and 24,439 by 2017.
Burqin
Village
Photo: A abualrob, Public domain.
Burqin is a Palestinian town in the northern West Bank located 5 km west of Jenin. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics census, its population was 5,685 in 2007 and 7,126 in 2017. Burqin is situated 3½ km northwest of Ash-Shuhada.
Jenin Refugee Camp
Town
Photo: Dan Palraz, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Jenin refugee camp, also known as the Jenin camp, is a town originally founded in 1953 as a Palestinian refugee camp located within the city of Jenin in the northern West Bank. Jenin Refugee Camp is situated 3½ km north of Ash-Shuhada.
Ash-Shuhada
- Category: locality
- Location: West Bank, Palestine, Middle East, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
32.42862° or 32° 25′ 43″ northLongitude
35.27553° or 35° 16′ 32″ eastPopulation
2,300Elevation
301 metres (988 feet)Open location code
8G4QC7HG+C6OpenStreetMap ID
node 432545038OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
284598Wikidata ID
Q4804344
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Uzbek—“Ash-Shuhada” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “الشهداء”
- Arabic: “مثلث الشهداء”
- Catalan: “Ash-Shuhada”
- Cebuano: “Ash Shuhadā‘”
- Cebuano: “Ash Shuhadā’”
- Dutch: “Ash-Shuhada”
- Egyptian Arabic: “مثلث الشهداء”
- French: “Ash-Shuhada”
- Hebrew: “אל-שוהאדה”
- Hebrew: “מות’לת’ א-שוהדא”
- Hebrew: “מת’לת‘ אל-שוהדא”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Ash-Shuhada”
- Uzbek: “Ash-Shuhada”
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