Middle East
Israel
Jerusalem District

Mevaseret Zion

Mevaseret Zion is a town and local council located 10 km to the west of , 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.
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  • Type: Village with 24,100 residents
  • Description: town in Israel near Jerusalem
  • Also known as: “Ma’oz Tsiyon”, “Mevaseret”, “Mevaseret Tsiyon”, “Mevaseret-Jerusalem”, “Mevaseret-Yerushalaim”, “Mevasseret Ẕiyyon”, and “MevasseretTsiyyon”
  • Neighbors:

Places of Interest

Highlights include Castel National Park and Emeq HaArazim.

Protected area
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is an Israeli , 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".

Valley
is a valley in the Judean Mountains of . It is located on the northwestern edge of in the Judean Mountains, at an altitude of over 550 meters.

Monument
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Al-Qastal was a Palestinian village located eight kilometers west of and named for a Crusader castle located on the hilltop. Used during the 1948 Arab–Israeli War as a military base by the Army of the Holy War, virtually all of its residents fled during the fighting and the village was eventually captured by the Palmach.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Motza Illit and Motza.

Village
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is a community settlement in central Israel, in suburban . Located on a slope overlooking the , , the Motza Valley and Jerusalem, it falls under the jurisdiction of Mateh Yehuda Regional Council.

Village
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, also Mozah or Motsa, is a neighbourhood on the western edge of . It is located in the , 600 metres above sea level, connected to Jerusalem by the Jerusalem–Tel Aviv highway, Highway 16, and the winding mountain road to .

Village
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is a Palestinian village in the Jerusalem Governorate, located 12 kilometers Northwest of in the northern . According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the town had a population of 4,025 in 2017.

Mevaseret Zion

Latitude
31.80395° or 31° 48′ 14″ north
Longitude
35.15442° or 35° 9′ 16″ east
Population
24,100
Elevation
711 metres (2,333 feet)
United Nations Location Code
IL MZI
Open location code
8G3QR533+HQ
Open­Street­Map ID
way 626005966
Open­Street­Map feature
landuse=­residential
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
294245
Wiki­data ID
Q1025294
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yiddish—“Mevaseret Zion” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “مفسيرت تصيون”
  • Armenian: “Մևասերետ Ցիոն”
  • Catalan: “Mevasseret Tsiyyon”
  • Catalan: “Mevasséret Tsiyyon”
  • Catalan: “Mevasseret Zion”
  • Cebuano: “Mevasseret Ẕiyyon”
  • Chinese: “梅瓦塞莱特锡安”
  • Chinese: “梅瓦塞萊特錫安”
  • Chinese: “梅瓦塞雷锡安”
  • Chinese: “梅瓦賽萊特錫安”
  • Croatian: “Mavaseret Cijon”
  • Czech: “Mevaseret Cijon”
  • Czech: “Mevaseret Zion”
  • Czech: “Mevasseret Ziyyon”
  • Danish: “Mevaseret Zion”
  • Dutch: “Mevaseret Zion”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “مفسيرت تصيون”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “مڤاسريت صهيون”
  • Esperanto: “Mevaseret Zion”
  • Finnish: “Mevasseret Zion”
  • French: “Mevaseret Zion”
  • French: “Mevasseret Tsion”
  • French: “Mevasseret Zion”
  • German: “Mevasseret Tzion”
  • German: “Mevasseret Zion”
  • German: “Mewasseret Zion”
  • Hebrew: “Mevasseret Tsiyyon”
  • Hebrew: “מבשרת ירושלים”
  • Hebrew: “מבשרת ציון”
  • Hebrew: “מבשרת-ירושלים”
  • Hebrew: “מבשרת-ציון”
  • Hebrew: “מבשרת”
  • Hebrew: “מעוז ציון”
  • Irish: “Mevaseret Zion”
  • Italian: “Mevaseret Zion”
  • Japanese: “メヴァセレト・ザイオン”
  • Japanese: “メヴァセレト・シオン”
  • Ladino: “Mevaseret Zion”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Mevaseret Zion”
  • Persian: “منطقه مواسرت”
  • Polish: “Mevasseret Syjon”
  • Polish: “Mewasseret Cijjon”
  • Portuguese: “Mevaseret Zion”
  • Romanian: “Mevaseret Zion”
  • Russian: “Мевасерет-Цион”
  • Scots: “Mevaseret Zion”
  • Scots: “Mevasseret Zion”
  • Serbian: “Мевасерет-Цијон”
  • Spanish: “Mevaseret Sion”
  • Spanish: “Mevaséret Sion”
  • Spanish: “Mevasseret Zion”
  • Swedish: “Mevasseret Ẕiyyon”
  • Turkish: “Mevaseret Zion”
  • Ukrainian: “Мевасерет-Ціон”
  • Yiddish: “מבשרת ציון”

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