Quds Governorate

The Quds Governorate, also known as Jerusalem Governorate, is one of the 16 governorates of and located in the central part of the .
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  • Type: governorate of the State of Palestine with 419,000 residents
  • Description: governorate of the State of Palestine covering East Jerusalem, annexed by Israel in the West Bank
  • Also known as: Al Quds”, “Jerusalem”, “Jerusalem Governorate”, “Muḥāfaẓat al-Quds”, and “Nafat al-Quds
  • Neighbors:

Places of Interest

Highlights include Monastery of Martyrius and Monastery of Euthymius.

Archaeological site
, whose ruins, known as Khirbet el-Murassas in Arabic, have been excavated in the centre of the settlement and city of , was one of the most important centres of monastic life in the Judean Desert during the Byzantine period.

Archaeological site
The started as a lavra-type monastic settlement in the Judaean desert, founded by Saint Euthymius the Great in 420, known as the Laura or Lavra of Euthymius. is situated 3½ km east of Quds Governorate.

School
is a hesder yeshiva located in the Mitzpeh Nevo neighborhood of the Israeli settlement, . It was founded in 1977 by Haim Sabato and Yitzchak Sheilat, then two young rabbis from Yeshivat HaKotel, in Jerusalem.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ma’ale Adumim and East Jerusalem.

Maale Adumim is an Israeli settlement in the , east of . It has about 37,000 residents.

is the part of Jerusalem that belongs to the Palestinian territories. The walled is formally part of it, but is discussed in its own article.

Town
Bethany, locally called in Arabic or el-Aizariya, is a Palestinian town in the Jerusalem Governorate of , bordering , in the . is situated 5 km southwest of Quds Governorate.

Quds Governorate

Latitude
31.8° or 31° 48′ north
Longitude
35.3° or 35° 18′ east
Population
419,000
Elevation
289 metres (948 feet)
Open location code
8G3QQ8X2+X2
Geo­Names ID
7870654
Wiki­data ID
Q941828
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Quds Governorate” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: القدس
  • Arabic: محافظة القدس
  • Aragonese: Gubernación de Cherusalem
  • Asturian: Gobernación de Xerusalén
  • Basque: Jerusalemgo Gobernazioa
  • Belarusian: Ерусалім
  • Belarusian: Іерусалім
  • Catalan: Governació de Jerusalem
  • Central Kurdish: پارێزگای قودس
  • Chinese: 耶路撒冷省
  • Czech: Kudský guvernorát
  • Dutch: Jeruzalem
  • Egyptian Arabic: محافظة القدس
  • Esperanto: Provinco Jerusalemo
  • French: gouvernorat de Jérusalem
  • French: Gouvernorat de Jérusalem
  • French: gouvernorat de Qods
  • French: gouvernorat de Quds
  • Galician: Gobernación de Xerusalén
  • German: Gouvernement Jerusalem
  • Greek: Κυβερνείο Ιερουσαλήμ
  • Hebrew: אל-קודס
  • Hungarian: Jeruzsálem kormányzóság
  • Indonesian: Kegubernuran Quds
  • Indonesian: Kegubernuran Yerusalem
  • Italian: governatorato di Gerusalemme
  • Italian: Governatorato di Gerusalemme
  • Japanese: エルサレム
  • Japanese: エルサレム県
  • Korean: 예루살렘주
  • Lithuanian: Jeruzalės muchafaza
  • Malay: Kegabenoran al-Quds
  • Malay: Kegabenoran Baitulmakdis
  • Malay: Kegabenoran Baitulmaqdis
  • Malay: Kegabenoran Baitulmuqaddis
  • Malay: Kegabenoran Jerusalem
  • Malay: Kegabenoran Quds
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Jerusalem guvernement
  • Persian: استان قدس
  • Polish: Jerozolima
  • Portuguese: Jerusalém (província)
  • Portuguese: Jerusalém
  • Romanian: Guvernoratul Ierusalim
  • Russian: Иерусалим
  • Scots: Jerusalem Govrenorate
  • Slovenian: Guvernat Jeruzalem
  • Spanish: Gobernación de Jerusalén
  • Swedish: Jerusalems provins
  • Turkish: Kudüs valiliği
  • Urdu: محافظہ یروشلم
  • Welsh: Llywodraethiaeth Caersalem
  • Welsh: Llywodraethiaeth Jerwsalem
  • Western Panjabi: ضلع بیت المقدس

Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Isawiya and Qaşr ar Rawābī.

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