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 The Kastel.

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".

Monument
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Al-Qastal was a Palestinian village located eight kilometers west of and named for a Crusader castle once standing 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.

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.

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 , 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”
  • Russian: “Мевассерет-Цион”
  • Scots: “Mevaseret Zion”
  • Scots: “Mevasseret Zion”
  • Serbian: “Мевасерет-Цијон”
  • Spanish: “Mevaseret Sion”
  • Spanish: “Mevaséret Sion”
  • Spanish: “Mevasseret Zion”
  • Swedish: “Mevaseret Sion”
  • Swedish: “Mevaseret Tsion”
  • Swedish: “Mevasseret Tsion”
  • Swedish: “Mevasseret Zion”
  • Swedish: “Mevasseret Ẕiyyon”
  • Turkish: “Mevaseret Zion”
  • Ukrainian: “Мевасерет-Ціон”
  • Urdu: “میواسیریٹ زیون”
  • Yiddish: “מבשרת ציון”

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