Middle East
Israel
Jerusalem District

Kiryat Ye’arim

Kiryat Ye'arim, also known as Telz-Stone, is a strictly Orthodox town in the of . It is located in the approximate area of an ancient place mentioned in the Bible, from which it takes its name.
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  • Type: Village with 6,130 residents
  • Description: human settlement in Israel
  • Also known as: “Kiryat Yearim”, “Qiryat Ye’arim”, “Qiryat Ye‘arim Institute”, and “Telz-Stone”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Benedictine monastery in Abu Ghosh and Abu Gosh Police Station.

Church
Photo: Berthold Werner, Public domain.
The , officially St Mary of the Resurrection Abbey, is a monastery run by the Olivetan Benedictine order in , .

Police station
Photo: Danny Gershoni, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Monastery
Photo: Avi1111, Public domain.
The Resurrection Church, or the Church of the Crusaders in Abu Gosh, is the name given to a Catholic religious building consisting of a structure of the time of the Crusaders who belonged to the Knights Hospitaller, and today is a part of the , in central .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Abu Ghosh and Yad HaShmona.

Photo: Tango7174, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is an Arab-Israeli town of 7,500 people in . It is in one of the earliest areas of human habitation in Israel. Archaeological excavations have revealed three Neolithic settlement phases, the middle phase is dated to the 7th millennium BCE.

Village
Photo: Agmonsnir, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a small moshav shitufi in central . Located in the Judean Mountains near , it falls under the jurisdiction of Mateh Yehuda Regional Council. In 2023 it had a population of 259.

Village
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Ma'ale HaHamisha is a kibbutz in central . Located in the hills just off the Jerusalem–Tel Aviv highway, It falls under the jurisdiction of Mateh Yehuda Regional Council. In 2023 it had a population of 893.

Kiryat Ye’arim

Latitude
31.80351° or 31° 48′ 13″ north
Longitude
35.10126° or 35° 6′ 5″ east
Population
6,130
Elevation
754 metres (2,474 feet)
Open location code
8G3QR432+CG
Open­Street­Map ID
node 222030051
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
293821
Wiki­data ID
Q2366487
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Kiryat Ye’arim” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “كريات يعاريم”
  • Catalan: “Kiriath-Jearim”
  • Catalan: “Quiriat-Jearim”
  • Cebuano: “Qiryat Ye‘arim”
  • Czech: “Kirjat Je’arim”
  • Czech: “Kirjat Jearim”
  • Dutch: “Kiryat Ye’arim”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “كريات يعاريم”
  • French: “Kiryat Ye’arim”
  • French: “Kiryat Yearim”
  • French: “Kiryat-Yearim”
  • French: “Kiryat-Yéarim”
  • French: “Qiryath Yéarim”
  • Hebrew: “Kefar HaNo‘ar Qiryat Ye‘arim”
  • Hebrew: “Kiryat Ye’arim”
  • Hebrew: “Qiryat Ye‘arim Mosad”
  • Hebrew: “טלז סטון”
  • Hebrew: “טלז-סטון”
  • Hebrew: “טלזסטון”
  • Hebrew: “כפר הנוער קרית יערים”
  • Hebrew: “קריית טלז-סטון”
  • Hebrew: “קריית יערים”
  • Hebrew: “קרית יערים-מוסד”
  • Hebrew: “קרית יערים”
  • Hebrew: “קִרְיַת יְעָרִים”
  • Italian: “Kiryat Ye’arim”
  • Ladino: “Kiryat Ye’arim”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Kiryat Ye’arim”
  • Polish: “Kirjat Je’arim”
  • Polish: “Qiryat Je’arim”
  • Polish: “Quiriat-Jearim”
  • Russian: “Кирьат-Йеарим”
  • Russian: “Кирьят-Йеарим”
  • Scots: “Kiryat Ye’arim”
  • Spanish: “Quiriat-Jearim”
  • Swedish: “Qiryat Ye‘arim”
  • Turkish: “Kiryat Ye’arim”
  • Ukrainian: “Кір’ят Єарім”
  • Ukrainian: “Кір’ят Яарім”
  • Ukrainian: “Кір’ят-Єарім”

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