Al Maqţarah
Al Maqţarah is a ruin in West Bank, Palestine. Al Maqţarah is situated nearby to the village Geva Binyamin, as well as near the archaeological site Qubur Bani Isra’il.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Qubur Bani Isra’il and Faisal Al-Husseini International Stadium.
Qubur Bani Isra’il
Archaeological site
Photo: Chesdovi, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Qubur Bene Isra'in or Qubur Bani Isra'il, are four, formerly five, huge stone structures dated to the Middle Bronze Age, which rise from a rocky plateau overlooking Wadi Qelt in the West Bank, about 3.5 miles northeast of Jerusalem, between Hizma and Geva Binyamin along Highway 437. Qubur Bani Isra’il is situated 1 km south of Al Maqţarah.
Faisal Al-Husseini International Stadium
Stadium
Faisal Al-Husseini International Stadium is an association football stadium on Dahiat al'Barid Street of Al-Ram in Jerusalem Governorate, Palestine. It is one of the home stadiums of the Palestine national football team. Faisal Al-Husseini International Stadium is situated 3½ km west of Al Maqţarah.
Shaar Binyamin
Police station
Photo: Atefrat, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Sha'ar Binyamin is an Israeli light industrial park in the occupied West Bank, built in 1998 over land expropriated from the Palestinian villages of Jaba' and Mukhmas. Shaar Binyamin is situated 2 km north of Al Maqţarah.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Geva Binyamin and Jaba’.
Geva Binyamin
Village
Photo: מיכאלי, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Geva Binyamin, also known as Adam, is an Israeli settlement in the West Bank, built over land expropriated from the Palestinian village of Jaba'. It is organised as a community settlement and falls under the jurisdiction of Mateh Binyamin Regional Council.
Jaba’
Village
Jaba’ is a Palestinian town in the Jerusalem Governorate of the State of Palestine, located northeast of Jerusalem in the central West Bank. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the town had a population of 3,921 in 2017.
Hizma
Village
Photo: Dvirraz, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Hizma is a Palestinian town in the Jerusalem Governorate, seven kilometers from Jerusalem's Old City. The town, mostly located in Area C of the West Bank, borders four Israeli settlements, Neve Yaakov and Pisgat Ze'ev, Geva Binyamin and Almon.
Al Maqţarah
- Type: Ruin
- Also known as: “Al Maqtara”, “Al Maqtarah”, and “El Maqtara”
- Categories: tourist attraction and tourism
- Location: West Bank, Palestine, Middle East, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
31.85° or 31° 51′ northLongitude
35.26667° or 35° 16′ eastElevation
652 metres (2,139 feet)Open location code
8G3QR7X8+XMGeoNames ID
285042
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