Al-Eizariya

Bethany, locally called in Arabic al-Eizariya or el-Aizariya, is a Palestinian town in the Jerusalem Governorate of , bordering , in the .
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  • Type: Town with 21,200 residents
  • Description: city, 12.7% in Area B, 87.3% in Area C of the West Bank, the biblical location
  • Also known as: “‘Eizarīya”, “Aizaria”, “Al ‘Ayzariyah”, “Al ‘Ayzarīyah”, “Al ‘Eizariya”, “al-Eizariya”, “Bethany”, and “El ‘Eizarīye”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Mount of Olives and Lazarus Tomb.

Peak
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The Old City of Jerusalem is that part of surrounded by the impressive 16th-century Ottoman city walls and representing the heart of the city both historically and spiritually.

Church
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The Tomb of Lazarus is a traditional Christian pilgrimage in the al-Eizariya suburb of , . It is located on the southeast slope of the , some 2.4 km east of the city limits of .

Church
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Bethphage or Bethsphage, is a Christian religious site on the east of , now in the .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Abu Dis and At-Tur.

Town
or Abu Deis is a Palestinian village in the , in the Jerusalem Governorate of the State of Palestine, bordering . Since the 1995 Oslo II Accord, land has been mostly part of "Area B", under Israeli military control and Palestinian civic control.

Suburb
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is a neighborhood on the approximately 1 km east of the Old City of . is situated in , occupied by Israel after the Six-Day War in 1967.

Suburb
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is a Palestinian neighborhood in located southeast of the Old City of Jerusalem. The Palestinian neighborhood of lies to the south, and al-Eizariya to the east, and the Jewish neighborhood of to the north.

Al-Eizariya

Latitude
31.77315° or 31° 46′ 23″ north
Longitude
35.25959° or 35° 15′ 35″ east
Population
21,200
Elevation
566 metres (1,857 feet)
Open location code
8G3QQ7F5+7R
Open­Street­Map ID
node 332793704
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
285111
Wiki­data ID
Q2181579
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Wolof—“Al-Eizariya” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “العيزرية”
  • Arabic: “العيزريه”
  • Arabic: “بيت البؤس”
  • Arabic: “بيت التمور”
  • Arabic: “بيت عنيا”
  • Arabic: “عيزرية”
  • Asturian: “al-Eizariya”
  • Catalan: “Al-Eizariya”
  • Cebuano: “Al ‘Ayzarīyah”
  • Czech: “Al-Eizariya”
  • Czech: “Betánie (Lazar)”
  • Czech: “Betánie”
  • Danish: “Al-Eizariya”
  • Dutch: “Al-Eizariya”
  • Dutch: “Bethanië (Lazarus)”
  • Finnish: “Al-Eizariya”
  • French: “Al-Eizariya”
  • French: “Béthanie (Lazare)”
  • German: “Al-Eizariya”
  • German: “Betania”
  • German: “Bethanien (Lazarus)”
  • German: “Bethanien”
  • Greek: “Βηθανία (Λάζαρος)”
  • Hebrew: “אל-עיזריה”
  • Hebrew: “אלעיזריה”
  • Hindi: “बेथानी”
  • Hungarian: “Betánia (Lázár)”
  • Italian: “Betania (Lazzaro)”
  • Moksha: “Бетание”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Al-Eizariya”
  • Persian: “العیزریة”
  • Persian: “العیزریه”
  • Polish: “Al-Ajzarijja”
  • Polish: “Betania”
  • Polish: “Lazarium”
  • Portuguese: “Betânia (Lázaro)”
  • Romanian: “Betania”
  • Russian: “Вифания (Лазаря)”
  • Russian: “Вифания”
  • Spanish: “Al Azariyeh”
  • Spanish: “Betania (Lázaro)”
  • Swedish: “Betania (Lasaros)”
  • Swedish: “El-Azariyeh”
  • Urdu: “العیزریہ”
  • Wolof: “Betani bu Yerusalem”

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