As-Sawahira ash-Sharqiya
as-Sawahira ash Sharqiya or Al-Sawahreh al-Sharqiyeh is a Palestinian town in the Jerusalem Governorate, located 6 kilometers south-east of East Jerusalem in the West Bank.- Type: Village with 6,200 residents
- Description: municipality type C in Jerusalem, State of Palestine
- Also known as: “as-Sawahira ash-Sharqiya” and “As-Sawahira Ash-Sharqiya”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Monastery of Saint Theodosius and Lazarus Tomb.
Monastery of Saint Theodosius
Church
The Monastery of St. Theodosius, also known as Deir Dosi and Deir Ibn Ubeid in Arabic, is a monastery founded around 476 by Saint Theodosius the Cenobiarch and that since at least the 12th century contains his tomb. Monastery of Saint Theodosius is situated 2½ km southeast of As-Sawahira ash-Sharqiya.
Lazarus Tomb
Church
The Tomb of Lazarus is a traditional Christian pilgrimage in the al-Eizariya suburb of Jerusalem Governorate, Palestine. It is located on the southeast slope of the Mount of Olives, some 2.4 km east of the city limits of Jerusalem. Lazarus Tomb is situated 3½ km northwest of As-Sawahira ash-Sharqiya.
East Talpiot community center
Community center
East Talpiot community center is situated 3½ km west of As-Sawahira ash-Sharqiya.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ash-Sheikh Sa’d and Jabel Mukabar.
Ash-Sheikh Sa’d
Village
ash-Sheikh Sa'd is a Palestinian village in the Jerusalem Governorate, located 6 kilometers Southeast of Jerusalem in the central West Bank. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the village had a population of 2,776 in 2017.
Jabel Mukabar
Suburb
Jabel Mukaber is a predominantly Palestinian neighborhood in southern East Jerusalem. It is bordered by East Talpiot to the west, Abu Tor and Silwan to the north and Sur Baher to the south. Jabel Mukaber has a population of approximately 30,000. Jabel Mukabar is situated 2½ km northwest of As-Sawahira ash-Sharqiya.
Abu Dis
Town
Abu Dis or Abu Deis is a Palestinian village in the West Bank, in the Jerusalem Governorate of the State of Palestine, bordering Jerusalem. Since the 1995 Oslo II Accord, Abu Dis land has been mostly part of "Area B", under Israeli military control and Palestinian civic control. Abu Dis is situated 2½ km northwest of As-Sawahira ash-Sharqiya.
As-Sawahira ash-Sharqiya
- Categories: town and locality
- Location: West Bank, Palestine, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
31.74327° or 31° 44′ 36″ north
Longitude
35.26967° or 35° 16′ 11″ east
Population
6,200
Elevation
602 metres (1,975 feet)
Open location code
8G3QP7V9+8V
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Polish—“As-Sawahira ash-Sharqiya” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “السواحرة الشرقية”
- Arabic: “السواحره الشرقيه”
- Asturian: “as-Sawahira ash-Sharqiya”
- Catalan: “As-Sawahira ash-Sharqiya”
- Egyptian Arabic: “السواحره الشرقيه”
- French: “Al-Sawahreh al-Sharqiyeh”
- French: “as-Sawahira ash-Sharqiya”
- French: “As-Sawahira ash-Sharqiya”
- Hebrew: “א-סואחרה א-שרקיה”
- Hebrew: “א-סוואחרה א-שרקייה”
- Hebrew: “סוואחרה א-שרקיה”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “As-Sawahira ash Sharqiya”
- Persian: “السواحره الشرقی”
- Polish: “As-Sawahira asz-Szarkija”
Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Ali Bin Abi Talib Mosque and Al Sawahreh Youth Club.
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