Huwara
Huwara or Howwarah is a Palestinian town located in the Nablus Governorate of the State of Palestine. Located in the northern Israeli-occupied West Bank, Huwara is on the main road connecting Nablus southwards to Ramallah and Jerusalem, approximately 4 miles from Jacob's Well.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Anan odeh, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Village with 5,570 residents
- Description: municipality in Nablus Governorate, West Bank, Palestine
- Also known as: “Hawara”, “Howwara”, “Howwarah”, “Huwarah”, and “Ḩuwwārah”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Od Yosef Chai.
Od Yosef Chai
School
Photo: לוי יצחק כהן, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Od Yosef Chai, also known as Od Yosef Hai is a yeshiva situated in the West Bank settlement of Yitzhar. Od Yosef Chai includes several related institutions; a yeshiva high school, a yeshiva gedola, a kollel and the publishing house that released "The King's Torah", and other materials. Od Yosef Chai is situated 3 km northwest of Huwara.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ainabous and Odala.
Ainabous
Village
Einabus is a Palestinian village in the northern West Bank, located 12 kilometers south of Nablus and a part of the Nablus Governorate. Nearby towns include Huwara and Beita to the east and Jammain to the south.
Odala
Village
Odala is a Palestinian town in the Nablus Governorate in northern West Bank, located south of Nablus. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the town had a population of 1,566 inhabitants in 2017.
Yitzhar
Village
Photo: מיכאלי, CC BY-SA 2.5.
Yitzhar is an Israeli settlement located in the West Bank, south of the city of Nablus, just off Route 60, north of the Tapuach Junction. The predominantly Orthodox Jewish community falls under the jurisdiction of Shomron Regional Council. Yitzhar is situated 3 km northwest of Huwara.
Huwara
- Categories: town, human settlement, and locality
- Location: Nablus Governorate, West Bank, Palestine, Middle East, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
32.15214° or 32° 9′ 8″ northLongitude
35.25713° or 35° 15′ 26″ eastPopulation
5,570Elevation
522 metres (1,713 feet)Open location code
8G4Q5724+VVOpenStreetMap ID
node 332780054OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
7870319Wikidata ID
Q2898928
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Spanish—“Huwara” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “حوارة”
- Arabic: “حُوارة”
- Arabic: “حواره”
- Arabic: “حُوّاره”
- Asturian: “Huwara”
- Catalan: “Huwara”
- Cebuano: “Ḩuwwārah”
- Czech: “Huvára”
- Dutch: “Huwara”
- Dutch: “Ḩuwwārah”
- Egyptian Arabic: “حواره”
- Finnish: “Huwwara”
- French: “Huwara”
- Hebrew: “חוארה”
- Hebrew: “חווארה”
- Irish: “Huwara”
- Japanese: “フワラ”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Huwara”
- Polish: “Huwara”
- Russian: “Хувара”
- Slovenian: “Huvara”
- Slovenian: “Huwara”
- Spanish: “Huwara”
Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Dar Al Quran Al Karem and Hawwarah.
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