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Jerusalem District

Mount Herzl

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  • Type: Peak with an elevation of 832 metres
  • Description: site of Israel’s national cemetery in Jerusalem
  • Also known as: “Har Hertsel”, “Har Hertsl”, and “Mt. Herzl”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Yad Va’Shem and National Library of Israel.

Museum
Photo: Agmonsnir, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Yad Vashem is 's official memorial institution to the victims of the Holocaust, known in Hebrew as the Shoah. It is dedicated to preserving the memory of the Jews who were murdered; echoing the stories of the survivors; honoring Jews who fought against…

Library
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The , formerly Jewish National and University Library, is the library dedicated to collecting the cultural treasures of and of Jewish heritage.

Hospital
Photo: Sir kiss, Public domain.
The Shaare Zedek Medical Center is a large teaching hospital in . It was established in 1902 and is affiliated with Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Yefe Nof and Beit HaKerem.

Suburb
Yefeh Nof is a neighborhood in west , founded in 1929. Together with Ramat Beit HaKerem and Givat Beit HaKerem, it is part of the larger neighborhood.

Suburb
is a largely secular upscale neighborhood in southwest . It is located between to the northwest and to the south. has a population of 15,000.

Suburb
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a neighborhood in southwestern on Mount Herzl. It was built in the early 1950s to house Jewish immigrants and refugees who fled the Arab world.

Mount Herzl

Latitude
31.7742° or 31° 46′ 27″ north
Longitude
35.18073° or 35° 10′ 51″ east
Elevation
832 metres (2,730 feet)
Open location code
8G3QQ5FJ+M7
Open­Street­Map ID
node 3237706320
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­peak
Geo­Names ID
294780
Wiki­data ID
Q206161
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yiddish—“Mount Herzl” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “جبل هرتزل”
  • Arabic: “جبل هرتسل”
  • Armenian: “Հերցլ լեռ”
  • Armenian: “Հերցլի լեռ”
  • Azerbaijani: “Herzl dağı”
  • Basque: “Herzl mendia”
  • Belarusian: “Гара Герцля”
  • Breton: “Menez Herzl”
  • Bulgarian: “Планина Херцел”
  • Catalan: “Mont Herzl”
  • Cebuano: “Har Herẕl”
  • Chinese: “以色列国家公墓”
  • Chinese: “赫茨尔山”
  • Chinese: “赫茨爾山”
  • Czech: “Herzlova hora”
  • Danish: “Herzlbjerget”
  • Danish: “Mount Herzl”
  • Dutch: “Har Herẕl”
  • Dutch: “Herzlberg”
  • Dutch: “Mount Herzl”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “جبل هرتزل”
  • Esperanto: “Monto Herzl”
  • Finnish: “Har Hertzel”
  • Finnish: “Herzl vuori”
  • Finnish: “Herzl-vuori”
  • Finnish: “Herzl”
  • French: “mont Herzl”
  • French: “Mont Herzl”
  • Galician: “Monte Herzl”
  • German: “Har Herzl”
  • German: “Herzlberg”
  • Greek: “Όρος Χερτζλ”
  • Greek: “Όρος Χερτσλ”
  • Hebrew: “Har Herẕl”
  • Hebrew: “הר הזיכרון”
  • Hebrew: “הר הרצל”
  • Hindi: “माउंट घंटे ई आर ज़ी l”
  • Hindi: “हरज़ल पर्वत”
  • Hungarian: “Herzl-hegy”
  • Indonesian: “Gunung Herzl”
  • Irish: “Sliabh Herzl”
  • Italian: “Monte Herzl”
  • Japanese: “ヘルツルの丘”
  • Korean: “마운트 헤르츨”
  • Korean: “헤르츨 언덕”
  • Kurdish: “Çiyayê Herzlê”
  • Ladin: “Mont Herzl”
  • Ladin: “Mount Herzl”
  • Ladino: “Ar Ertzel”
  • Ladino: “Har Herzl”
  • Ladino: “Monte Herzl”
  • Macedonian: “Херцелска гора”
  • Macedonian: “Херцелска Гора”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Herzlfjellet”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Herzl-berget”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Herzl-fjellet”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Herzlberget”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Herzlfjellet”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Mount Herzl”
  • Norwegian: “Herzlfjellet”
  • Ossetian: “Герцлы хох”
  • Persian: “تپه هرتسل”
  • Persian: “تپهٔ هرتسل”
  • Persian: “کوه هرتسل”
  • Persian: “کوهٔ هرتسل”
  • Polish: “Wzgórze Herzla”
  • Portuguese: “Monte Herzl”
  • Romanian: “Muntele Herzl”
  • Russian: “Гора Герцля”
  • Serbian: “Gora Hercl”
  • Serbian: “Гора Херцл”
  • Serbian: “Монт Херцл”
  • Slovak: “Har Herzl”
  • Slovenian: “Herzlova gora”
  • Slovenian: “Mount Herzl”
  • Spanish: “Monte Herzl”
  • Swedish: “Har Herẕl”
  • Swedish: “Herzlberget”
  • Swedish: “Mount Herzl”
  • Tagalog: “Bundok Herzl”
  • Tagalog: “Bundok ng Herzl”
  • Tagalog: “Umahon herzl”
  • Tamil: “எர்சில் மலை”
  • Turkish: “Herzl Tepesi”
  • Ukrainian: “Гора Герцля”
  • Venetian: “Monte Herzl”
  • Vietnamese: “Núi Herzl”
  • Welsh: “Bryn Herzl”
  • Welsh: “Har Hertzel”
  • Welsh: “Mount Herzl”
  • Welsh: “mynydd Herzl”
  • Welsh: “Mynydd Herzl”
  • Yiddish: “הר הרצל”

Places with the Same Name

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Localities in the Area

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