Givat Shaul

Givat Shaul is a neighborhood in . The neighborhood is located at the western entrance to the city, east of the neighborhood of and north of . Givat Shaul stands 820 meters above sea level.
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  • Type: Suburb with 8,970 residents
  • Description: neighborhood of West Jerusalem
  • Also known as: Giv`at Sha’ul

Places of Interest

Highlights include National Library of Israel and Binyanei HaUma.

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

Theater building
The International Convention Center, commonly known as , is a concert hall and convention center in Giv'at Ram in , .

Synagogue
Mercaz HaRav is a national-religious yeshiva in , founded in 1924 by Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi Abraham Isaac Kook. Located in the city's neighborhood, it has become the most prominent religious-Zionist yeshiva in the world and synonymous with Rabbi Kook's teachings.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kiryat Moshe and Kiryat Mattersdorf.

Suburb
is a neighborhood in , named for the British Jewish philanthropist Moses Montefiore. is bordered by Givat Shaul and .

Neighborhood
is a Haredi neighborhood in . It is located on the northern edge of the mountain plateau on which central Jerusalem lies. It is named after , a town in with a long Jewish history.

Suburb
is a neighbourhood in northwest , just off the Tel Aviv-Jerusalem highway at the main entrance to the city. It occupies the highest hill in Jerusalem.

Givat Shaul

Latitude
31.79112° or 31° 47′ 28″ north
Longitude
35.1931° or 35° 11′ 35″ east
Population
8,970
Elevation
823 metres (2,700 feet)
Open location code
8G3QQ5RV+C6
Open­Street­Map ID
node 278470644
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­suburb
Geo­Names ID
294983
Wiki­data ID
Q2778178
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yiddish—“Givat Shaul” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: غفعات شاؤول
  • Catalan: Givat Shaul
  • Chinese: 扫罗山
  • Czech: Giv’at Ša’ul
  • Czech: Giv’at Šaul
  • Czech: Giv’at Sha’ul
  • Czech: Givat Šaul
  • French: Givat Shaul
  • Hebrew: Giv‘at Sha’ul
  • Hebrew: גבעת שאול
  • Hebrew: שכונת גבעת שאול
  • Indonesian: Givat Shaul
  • Japanese: ギバ・シャウル
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Givat Shaul
  • Norwegian: Givat Shaul
  • Slovenian: Givat Šaul
  • Turkish: Givat Şaul
  • Urdu: غفعات شاؤول
  • Yiddish: גבעת שאול

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