Motza Illit
Motza Illit is a community settlement in central Israel, in suburban Jerusalem. Located on a slope overlooking the Jerusalem Mountains, Ein Karem, the Motza Valley and Jerusalem, it falls under the jurisdiction of Mateh Yehuda Regional Council.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village with 1,210 residents
- Description: human settlement in Israel
- Also known as: “Motsa ‘Ilit”, “Motsa ‘Illit”, “Motsa Ilit”, “Motsa Illit”, “Motsa`Illit”, “Moẕa ‘Illit”, and “Upper Motsa”
Places of Interest
Highlights include The old synagogue in Motza and Castel National Park.
The old synagogue in Motza
Archaeological site
The Old Motza Synagogue is Jewish congregation and synagogue, located in Motza, in West Jerusalem, Israel. Completed in 1871, the Ottoman-era synagogue is just off Highway 1.
Castel National Park
Protected area
Photo: אסף.צ, Public domain.
Castel National Park is an Israeli national park, which consists of a fortified summit in the Judean Mountains, at the site of the former Palestinian village of Al-Qastal, known to Hebrew-speakers as HaCástel, "the Cástel".
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Motza and Mevaseret Zion.
Motza
Village
Photo: Agmonsnir, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Motza, also Mozah or Motsa, is a neighbourhood on the western edge of Jerusalem. It is located in the Judaean Mountains, 600 metres above sea level, connected to Jerusalem by the Jerusalem–Tel Aviv highway, Highway 16, and the winding mountain road to Har Nof.
Mevaseret Zion
Village
Photo: Agmonsnir, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Mevaseret Zion is a town and local council located 10 km to the west of Jerusalem, straddling both sides of the Jerusalem–Tel Aviv highway. Mevaseret Zion is composed of two distinct older townships, Maoz Zion and Mevaseret Yerushalayim, under the jurisdiction of one local council.
Beit Zayit
Village
Photo: Ori, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Beit Zayit is a moshav in central Israel. Located just outside the Jerusalem municipal border to the west, it falls under the jurisdiction of Mateh Yehuda Regional Council.
Motza Illit
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Jerusalem District, Israel, Middle East, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
31.79349° or 31° 47′ 37″ northLongitude
35.15656° or 35° 9′ 24″ eastPopulation
1,210Elevation
647 metres (2,123 feet)United Nations Location Code
IL MTTOpen location code
8G3QQ5V4+9JOpenStreetMap ID
node 278476410OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Turkish—“Motza Illit” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “موتسا عيليت”
- Czech: “Moca Ilit”
- Czech: “Motza Illit”
- Czech: “Moza Illit”
- Dutch: “Motza Illit”
- Egyptian Arabic: “موتسا عيليت”
- Hebrew: “מוצא עילית”
- Hebrew: “מוצא עלית”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Motza Illit”
- Polish: “Moca Illit”
- Polish: “Motza Illit”
- Polish: “Moza Illit”
- Slovenian: “Moca Ilit”
- Spanish: “Motza Illit”
- Turkish: “Motza Illit”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Motza Illit”. Photo: Agmonsnir, CC BY-SA 4.0.