Sha‘ar HaGay
Sha‘ar HaGay is a locality in Jerusalem District, Israel. Sha‘ar HaGay is situated nearby to the village Mesilat Zion, as well as near Beit Meir.Places of Interest
Highlights include Burma Road and Mahal memorial.
Burma Road
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Burma Road in Israel was a makeshift bypass road between Kibbutz Hulda and Jerusalem, built under the supervision of General Mickey Marcus during the 1948 Siege of Jerusalem. It was named for the Chinese Burma Road.
Bayt Mahsir
Ruins
Photo: Daniel Ventura, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Bayt Mahsir was a Palestinian Arab village in the Jerusalem Subdistrict. It was depopulated during the 1947–48 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine on May 10, 1948, by the Harel Brigade of Operation Makkabi. It was located 9 km west of Jerusalem. Bayt Mahsir is situated 2½ km southeast of Sha‘ar HaGay.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Mesilat Zion and Beit Meir.
Mesilat Zion
Village
Photo: Idobi, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Mesilat Zion is a moshav in central Israel. Located near the city of Beit Shemesh with an area of 1,000 dunams, it falls under the jurisdiction of Mateh Yehuda Regional Council. In 2024 it had a population of 942.
Beit Meir
Village
Photo: Daniel Ventura, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Beit Meir is a religious moshav in central Israel. Located around nine miles from Jerusalem, just off the Highway 1, it falls under the jurisdiction of Mateh Yehuda Regional Council. In 2024 it had a population of 678. Beit Meir is situated 2½ km southeast of Sha‘ar HaGay.
Eshtaol
Village
Photo: יעקב, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Eshtaol is a moshav in central Israel, and a biblical location mentioned in the Books of Joshua and Judges and in the first Book of Chronicles. Located 6 km north of the city of Beit Shemesh, it falls under the jurisdiction of Mateh Yehuda Regional Council. Eshtaol is situated 4 km south of Sha‘ar HaGay.
Sha‘ar HaGay
- Type: Locality
- Also known as: “Bab al Wad”, “Bāb al-Wādī”, “Bāb el Wād”, “Bab el-Oued”, “Gate of the Valley”, “Sha‘a Hagai”, “Sha‘ar Hagai”, “Sha‘ar Haggai”, and “Sha`ar HaGay”
- Location: Jerusalem District, Israel, Middle East, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
31.81527° or 31° 48′ 55″ northLongitude
35.02271° or 35° 1′ 22″ eastElevation
301 metres (988 feet)Open location code
8G3QR28F+43GeoNames ID
293582
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Hebrew—“Sha‘ar HaGay” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “باب الواد”
- Arabic: “باب الوادي”
- Arabic: “شاعر هجاي”
- Hebrew: “בב אל וד”
- Hebrew: “שער הגיא”
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