‘Ayn Abū Ḩammār

Places of Interest

Bi’er Yacoub

Church

Photo: Jkgarrett17, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Jacob's Well, also known as Jacob's Fountain or the Well of Sychar, is a Christian holy site located in Balata village, a suburb of the Palestinian city of Nablus in the West Bank.

Mount Gerizim

Peak

Photo: יאיר דב, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Mount Gerizim is one of two mountains near the Palestinian city of Nablus and the biblical city of Shechem, located in the north of Palestine’s West Bank.

Joseph’s Tomb

Synagogue

Photo: David Roberts (painter), Public domain.

Joseph's Tomb is a funerary monument located in Balata village at the eastern entrance to the valley that separates Mounts Gerizim and Ebal, 300 m northwest of Jacob's Well, on the outskirts of the West Bank city of Nablus.

Places in the Area

Balata Camp

Town

Photo: Hoshvilim, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Balata Camp is a Palestinian refugee camp established in the northern West Bank in 1950, adjacent to Balata village on the outskirts of the city of Nablus. Balata Camp had a population of 14,635 in 2017.

Kiryat Luza

Village

Photo: Daniel Ventura, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Kiryat Luza is a village situated on Mount Gerizim near the city of Nablus in the West Bank. It is within Area B of the West Bank, and as a result is under the joint control of Israel and the Palestinian National Authority, and is the only remaining site populated wholly by Samaritans.

Kafr Qallil

Village

Photo: Meronim, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Kafr Qallil is a Palestinian town in the Nablus Governorate of the State of Palestine, in the northern West Bank. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the town had a population of 3,029 inhabitants in 2017.

‘Ayn Abū Ḩammār

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