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Nabi Samwil

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 .
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  • Type: Village with 234 residents
  • Description: local development committee in Jerusalem Governorate
  • Also known as: “An Nabi Samu’il”, “An Nabi Samwil”, “An Nabī Şamwīl”, “En Nabī Ṣamuīl”, “En Nabi Samweil”, “En Nabī Samwīl”, “Montjoie”, “Mountain of Joy”, and “Nabi Samwīl”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Tomb of Samuel and Boundary marker.

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 Nabi Samwil, in the .

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. is situated 3 km south of Nabi Samwil.

College
is a Jewish seminary and institute of higher learning located in . Ohr David is currently located in Ramot. Throughout the year, students take trips throughout the Land of Israel, including trips to the and .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Beit Iksa and Al Jib.

Village
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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.

Village
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or is a Palestinian village in the Jerusalem Governorate of the State of Palestine, located ten kilometers northwest of , partially in the seam zone of the .

Neighborhood
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is a neighborhood.

Nabi Samwil

Latitude
31.8338° or 31° 50′ 2″ north
Longitude
35.18405° or 35° 11′ 3″ east
Population
234
Elevation
866 metres (2,841 feet)
Open location code
8G3QR5MM+GJ
Open­Street­Map ID
node 8239864763
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
284949
Wiki­data ID
Q3532567
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Urdu—“Nabi Samwil” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “النبي صموئيل‎‎”
  • Arabic: “النبي صموئيل”
  • Arabic: “النبي صَمْويل”
  • Arabic: “النبي صنوئيل”
  • Catalan: “Nabi Samwil”
  • Cebuano: “An Nabī Şamū’īl”
  • Dutch: “Nabi Samwil”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “النبى صموئيل”
  • French: “Mont de joie”
  • French: “Nebi Samwil”
  • German: “Deir an-Nabi Samwīl”
  • Hebrew: “כפר נבי סמואל”
  • Hebrew: “כפר נבי סמוויל”
  • Hebrew: “נבי סמואל - כפר”
  • Hebrew: “נבי סמואל (כפר)”
  • Hebrew: “נבי סמוויל (כפר)”
  • Indonesian: “Nabi Samwil”
  • Italian: “Nabi Samwil”
  • Persian: “النبی ساموئل”
  • Polish: “An-Nabi Samu’il”
  • Polish: “Nabi Samwil”
  • Russian: “Ан-Наби Самуил”
  • Russian: “Наби Самвил”
  • Russian: “Наби-Самуэль”
  • Slovenian: “Montjoie”
  • Slovenian: “Nabi Samvil”
  • Slovenian: “Vesela gora”
  • Spanish: “Monte Gaudio”
  • Spanish: “Montjoie”
  • Spanish: “Nabi Samwil”
  • Urdu: “نبی سموئیل”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as An Nabi Samwil Bedouins and Har Shmuel.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include עין סמואל and תנור.

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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 “Nabi Samwil”. Photo: Alexey Goral, CC BY-SA 3.0.