Mukhayyam Silwād
Mukhayyam Silwād is a refugee camp in Palestine and has about 377 residents and an elevation of 840 metres. Mukhayyam Silwād is situated nearby to the village Ofra, as well as near Yabrud.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Tall Asur and Amona.
Tall Asur
Peak
Tall Asur, (Hebrew: Ba'al-hazor, is an irregularly shaped plateau, marking the geographical boundary between Samaria to its north and Judea to its south. Tall Asur is situated 2½ km northeast of Mukhayyam Silwād.
Amona
Ruins
Photo: יעקב, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Amona was an Israeli outpost in the central West Bank. Located on a hill overlooking Ofra within the municipal boundaries of the Mateh Binyamin Regional Council, the village was founded in 1995 on privately owned Palestinian land. Amona is situated 2 km southeast of Mukhayyam Silwād.
Taybeh Brewery
Building
Photo: Sicherlich, CC BY 3.0.
Taybeh Brewery is a brewery founded in 1994 in the West Bank village of Taybeh, 35 kilometres north of Jerusalem, by Nadim Khoury and his brother David, members of the local Palestinian Christian community. Taybeh Brewery is situated 3½ km east of Mukhayyam Silwād.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Silwad and Ofra.
Silwad
Village
Photo: יעקב, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Silwad is a Palestinian town located north-east of Ramallah, about 5 km away from the Nablus-Jerusalem highway of the West Bank, in the State of Palestine.
Ofra
Village
Photo: יעקב, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Ofra is an Israeli settlement located in the northern Israeli-occupied West Bank. Located on the main road between Jerusalem and Nablus, it falls under the jurisdiction of Mateh Binyamin Regional Council.
Yabrud
Village
Yabrud is a Palestinian village in the Ramallah and al-Bireh Governorate in the central West Bank. It is located approximately 13 km northeast of the city of Ramallah and its elevation is 790 m.
Mukhayyam Silwād
- Type: Refugee camp
- Also known as: “Mukhayyam Silwad”
- Location: Palestine, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
31.96829° or 31° 58′ 6″ northLongitude
35.26181° or 35° 15′ 43″ eastPopulation
377Elevation
840 metres (2,756 feet)Open location code
8G3QX796+8PGeoNames ID
7889952
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In Other Languages
“Mukhayyam Silwād” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “مخيم سلواد”
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