Mata
Mata is a moshav in central Israel. Located in the Jerusalem corridor about eight kilometers southeast of Beit Shemesh, it falls under the jurisdiction of Mateh Yehuda Regional Council. In 2023 it had a population of 870.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Idobi, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Village with 870 residents
- Description: town in Israel
- Also known as: “‘Allār”, “Mata, Israel”, “Mata‘”, “Matta”, and “Matta‘”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Columbarium and Ein Mata.
Columbarium
Archaeological site
Photo: Ealfons1, CC BY-SA 4.0.
A columbarium, also called a cinerarium, is a structure for the reverential and usually public storage of funerary urns holding cremated remains of the dead. Columbarium is situated 4 km north of Mata.
Bayt ‘Itab
Scenic viewpoint
Photo: Dindia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Bayt ʿIṭṭāb was a Palestinian Arab village located in the Jerusalem Subdistrict. Both during and after its incorporation into Crusader fiefdoms in the 12th century, its population was Arab.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bar Giora and Nes Harim.
Bar Giora
Village
Photo: Agmonsnir, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Bar Giora is a moshav in the Judean Mountains in Israel. Located between Beit Shemesh and Jerusalem, it falls under the jurisdiction of Mateh Yehuda Regional Council. In 2023 it had a population of 728.
Nes Harim
Village
Photo: יעקב, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Nes Harim is a moshav settlement in central Israel. Located in the Judean foothills near Beit Shemesh and eight kilometres west of Jerusalem, it falls under the jurisdiction of Mateh Yehuda Regional Council. Nes Harim is situated 3 km north of Mata.
Tzur Hadassah
Village
Photo: Idont, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Tzur Hadassah is a town located in the Jerusalem Corridor, located 12 kilometres southwest of Jerusalem, at an altitude of 755 meters above sea level, located on Route 375 west of Beitar Illit, about one kilometer west of the Green Line, adjacent to the Palestinian village of Wadi Fukin. Tzur Hadassah is situated 3 km east of Mata.
Mata
- Categories: moshav, human settlement, residential area, and locality
- Location: Jerusalem District, Israel, Middle East, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
31.71743° or 31° 43′ 3″ northLongitude
35.06223° or 35° 3′ 44″ eastPopulation
870Elevation
605 metres (1,985 feet)Open location code
8G3QP386+XVOpenStreetMap ID
way 92659601OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=residentialOpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Turkish—“Mata” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “مطاع (موشاف)”
- Arabic: “مطاع”
- Czech: “Mata”
- Czech: “Matta”
- Egyptian Arabic: “مطاع”
- Hebrew: “מטע”
- Irish: “Mata”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Mata i Israel”
- Polish: “Mata”
- Polish: “Matta”
- Turkish: “Mata”
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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 “Mata”. Photo: Idobi, CC BY-SA 3.0.