Aqabat Jaber
Aqabat Jaber is a Palestinian refugee camp in the Jericho Governorate of the eastern West Bank, situated in the Jordan Valley, three kilometers southwest of Jericho.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Refugee camp
- Description: Palestinian refugee camp in Jericho, occupied West Bank, State of Palestine
- Also known as: “Aqaba Camp”, “Aqabat Jabr”, “Aqbat Jabr Camp”, “Aquabat Gaber”, and “Mukhayyam ‘Aqabat Jabr”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Jericho Hospital and Tell es-Sultan.
Jericho Hospital
Hospital
Photo: Ameen Rammal, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Jericho Governmental Hospital is a government hospital in the Jericho city, West Bank, Palestine. Followed by the Palestinian Ministry of Health. Jericho Hospital is situated 1½ km east of Aqabat Jaber.
Tell es-Sultan
Archaeological site
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Tell es-Sultan, also known as Tel Jericho or Ancient Jericho, is an archaeological site and a UNESCO World Heritage Site in Palestine, in the city of Jericho, consisting of the remains of the oldest fortified city in the world. Tell es-Sultan is situated 3½ km north of Aqabat Jaber.
Mount of Temptation
Peak
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Mount of Temptation, in Palestinian Arabic Jebel Quruntul, is a mountain over the city of Jericho in the West Bank; ancient Christian tradition identifies it as the location of the temptation of Jesus described in the New Testament Gospels of Matthew, Mark, and Luke, in which it is said that, from "a high place", the Devil offered Jesus rule over all the kingdoms of the world. Mount of Temptation is situated 4 km north of Aqabat Jaber.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Vered Yeriho and Jericho.
Vered Yeriho
Village
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Vered Yeriho is an Israeli settlement organized as a moshav in the West Bank. Located near Jericho in the Jordan Valley, it falls under the jurisdiction of Megilot Regional Council.
Jericho
Jericho, the "City of Palms", is a small city within the Palestinian Territories close to the northern end of Dead Sea and some 55 km from Jerusalem.
Aqabat Jaber
- Categories: refugee camp and Palestinian refugee camp
- Location: West Bank, Palestine, Middle East, Asia
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Swedish—“Aqabat Jaber” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “مخيم عقبة جبر”
- Catalan: “Aqabat Jaber”
- Chinese: “阿卡巴特雅布尔”
- Chinese: “阿卡巴特雅布林”
- Chinese: “阿卡巴特雅布爾”
- Dutch: “Aqabat Jaber”
- Finnish: “Aqabat Jabrin pakolaisleiri”
- French: “Aqabat Jaber”
- French: “Aqabat Jabr”
- Hebrew: “עקבת ג’אבר”
- Hebrew: “עקבת ג’בר”
- Japanese: “アカバト・ジャベル”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Akabat Jaber”
- Persian: “اردوگاه عقبه جبر”
- Polish: “Muchajjam Akabat Dżabr”
- Spanish: “Aqabat Jabr”
- Spanish: “Campamento de Aqabat Jabr”
- Swedish: “Aqabat Jaber”
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