Bayit VeGan

Bayit VeGan is a neighborhood in southwest . It is located to the east of , and borders the neighborhoods of and .
Wikipedia
  • Type: Suburb
  • Description: Western Jerusalem neighborhood
  • Also known as: “Bait VeGan”, “Bayit Vagan”, “Bayit VaGan”, “Bayit Vegan”, “Bayit Wegan”, “Beit VeGan”, “Bet Wegan”, and “BetVeGan”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Israel Museum and Yad Va’Shem.

Museum
Photo: אסף.צ, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The is an art and archaeology museum in . It was established in 1965 as 's largest and foremost cultural institution, and an encyclopedic museum.

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…

Peak
Photo: Agmonsnir, CC BY-SA 4.0.
West Jerusalem represents the modern commercial heart of the city, which was the focus for development in the capital from the time of Israeli independence in 1948 to the reunification of the city with the Six Day War in 1967.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ramat Denya and Givat Mordechai.

Suburb
Photo: Gilabrand, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a neighborhood in . It was established in 1970 between Kiryat Hayovel and Bayit Vegan, 780 meters above sea level. Denya was the name of the development company that built the first apartment buildings.

Suburb
is a Jewish neighborhood in southwest-central , midway between the neighborhoods of Nayot and . The neighborhood was named after an American philanthropist, Maxwell Abbell of .

Suburb
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is a neighborhood in southwestern . It was built in the early 1950s to house Jewish immigrants and refugees from Europe and from Muslim countries.

Bayit VeGan

Latitude
31.76414° or 31° 45′ 51″ north
Longitude
35.18669° or 35° 11′ 12″ east
Elevation
824 metres (2,703 feet)
Open location code
8G3QQ57P+MM
Open­Street­Map ID
node 278476471
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­suburb
Geo­Names ID
295547
Wiki­data ID
Q2918524
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Satellite Map

Discover Bayit VeGan from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yiddish—“Bayit VeGan” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “بييت فيغان”
  • Czech: “Bajit va-Gan”
  • French: “Bayit VeGan”
  • Hebrew: “Bet VeGan”
  • Hebrew: “בית וגן”
  • Hebrew: “שכונת בית וגן”
  • Indonesian: “Bayit VeGan”
  • Macedonian: “Баит Веган”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Bayit VeGan”
  • Norwegian: “Bayit VeGan”
  • Russian: “Баит-ва-Ган”
  • Russian: “Байт ве-Ган”
  • Turkish: “Bayit VeGan”
  • Yiddish: “בית וגן”

Localities in the Area

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