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Al-Dawha

Al-Dawha is a Palestinian area located in , two kilometers southwest of . Originally a part of Beit Jala, in 1977 the mayor of Beit Jala made an official trip to where he was endowed with a sum of money to develop the town's infrastructure.
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Wikipedia
  • Type: Town
  • Description: municipality type C in Bethlehem, State of Palestine
  • Also known as: “a-Doha”, “Ad Dawḩah”, “al-Dawha”, and “Doha”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Solomon’s Pools and Bethlehem Psychiatric Hospital.

Park
Photo: Magister, CC BY 2.5.
Solomon's Pools are three ancient reservoirs located in the south-central , immediately to the south of , about 3.5 kilometres southwest of , near the road to .

Hospital
Photo: أمين, CC BY-SA 4.0.
, or Dr. Muhammad Saeed Kamal Psychiatric Hospital, is a Palestinian medical institution located in the city of in the .

Stadium
Photo: TrickyH, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is an international football stadium in al-Khader, . It was inaugurated on August 6, 2007 with a match between local team Shabab Al-Khadr, and Maccabi Ahi Nazareth, an Israeli Arab team from .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Deheisheh Refugee Camp and Artas.

Suburb
Photo: أمين, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Dheisheh is a Palestinian refugee camp located just south of in the . Dheisheh was established in 1949 on 0.31 square kilometers of land leased from the Jordanian government.

Village
Photo: Bukvoed, CC BY 4.0.
is a Palestinian village located four kilometers southwest of in the of , in the central . According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the village council had a population of 5,745 in 2017.

Town
Photo: Magister, CC BY 2.5.
is a Palestinian town in the in the south-central . It is located 5 kilometers west of . According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the town had a population of 11,960 in 2017.

Al-Dawha

Latitude
31.70088° or 31° 42′ 3″ north
Longitude
35.17998° or 35° 10′ 48″ east
Elevation
841 metres (2,759 feet)
Open location code
8G3QP52H+9X
Open­Street­Map ID
node 332955945
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
7870388
Wiki­data ID
Q4702335
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Uzbek—“Al-Dawha” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “الدوحة”
  • Arabic: “الدوحه (بيت لحم)”
  • Asturian: “al-Dawha”
  • Catalan: “Al-Dawha”
  • Cebuano: “Ad Dawḩah”
  • Dutch: “Al-Dawha”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “الدوحه”
  • French: “al-Dawha”
  • French: “Al-Dawha”
  • Hebrew: “א-דוחה”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Al-Dawha”
  • Persian: “الدوحه (فلسطین)”
  • Persian: “الدوحه”
  • Polish: “Ad-Dauha (Palestyna)”
  • Polish: “Ad-Dauha”
  • Russian: “а-Доха”
  • Uzbek: “Al-Davha”

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