Ash-Shawawra
Ashawawra is a Palestinian village located twelve kilometers southeast of Bethlehem. The village is in the Bethlehem Governorate central West Bank.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Village
- Description: municipality type C in Bethlehem, State of Palestine
- Also known as: “Al-Shawawrah”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Herodion Ruins and Monastery of St. Theodosius.
Herodion Ruins
Photo: אסף.צ, Public domain.
The Herodeion, in Latin: Herodium, in Modern Hebrew: הרודיון Herodion, known in Arabic as Jabal al-Fureidis is a fortified desert palace built by Herod the Great, king of Judaea, in the first century BCE. Herodion Ruins is situated 3½ km southwest of Ash-Shawawra.
Monastery of St. Theodosius
Church
Photo: someone10x, CC BY 2.0.
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 St. Theodosius is situated 3½ km northeast of Ash-Shawawra.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Dar Salah and Za’atara.
Dar Salah
Village
Dar Salah is a Palestinian village located 6 km east of Bethlehem. The village is in the Bethlehem Governorate Southern West Bank. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the village had a population of 4,588 in 2017.
Za’atara
Town
Za'atara is a Palestinian town located 11 km southeast of Bethlehem. The town is in the Bethlehem Governorate central West Bank. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the town had a population of over 7,849 in 2017.
Beit Ta’mir
Village
Photo: Shabashewitz, CC BY 4.0.
Beit Ta'mir is a Palestinian village located six kilometers southeast of Bethlehem.The town is in the Bethlehem Governorate central West Bank. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the village had a population of 1,596 in 2017. Beit Ta’mir is situated 2½ km southwest of Ash-Shawawra.
Ash-Shawawra
- Category: locality
- Location: West Bank, Palestine, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
31.69191° or 31° 41′ 31″ northLongitude
35.26631° or 35° 15′ 59″ eastElevation
530 metres (1,739 feet)Open location code
8G3QM7R8+QGOpenStreetMap ID
node 431636500OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Uzbek—“Ash-Shawawra” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “الشواورة”
- Arabic: “الشواوره”
- Arabic: “شواورة”
- Catalan: “Ash-Shawawra”
- Dutch: “Ash-Shawawra”
- Egyptian Arabic: “الشواوره”
- French: “Ash-Shawawra”
- Hebrew: “א-שוואוורה”
- Hebrew: “אל-שוואוורה”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Ash Shawawra”
- Persian: “الشواوره”
- Uzbek: “Ashavavra”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Abu Bakr Al-Siddiq Mosque and Al-Shawawrah Clinic.
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