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Bab az-Zahra

Bab az-Zahra is an Arab neighborhood in , north of the . It is bordered by the American Colony to the north, to the east, and on its south, and Mas'udiyyah and to the west.
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  • Type: Suburb
  • Description: Neighborhood in East Jerusalem
  • Also known as: “Bab a-Zahara”, “Bab as Sahirah”, “Bāb as Sāhirah”, and “Bab az-Zahira”

Places of Interest

Highlights include French School of Biblical and Archeological Research and Damascus Gate.

College
Photo: Deror avi, CC BY-SA 3.0.
École biblique et archéologique française de Jérusalem, commonly known as École Biblique, is a French academic establishment in specializing in archaeology and Biblical exegesis.

Photo: Berthold Werner, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The is one of the main Gates of the Old City of Jerusalem. It is located in the wall on the city's northwest side and connects to a highway leading out to , which in the Hebrew Bible was called Shechem or Sichem, and from there, in times…

Church
Photo: Djampa, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The St. Stephen's Basilica or simply the Church of St. Stephen, also known by its French name, Saint-Étienne, is the name given to a Catholic church located outside the walls of the , on the road leading north to Nablus.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include East Jerusalem and Muslim Quarter.

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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.

Neighborhood
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The is one of the four sectors of the ancient, walled . It covers 31 hectares of the northeastern sector of the Old City.

Neighborhood
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is a Haredi Jewish neighborhood in , north-east of the . It was built by Kolel Ungarin, a Jewish charity supporting Jews living in the Land of Israel.

Bab az-Zahra

Latitude
31.78558° or 31° 47′ 8″ north
Longitude
35.23081° or 35° 13′ 51″ east
Elevation
769 metres (2,523 feet)
Open location code
8G3QQ6PJ+68
Open­Street­Map ID
node 2031059161
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­suburb
Geo­Names ID
7890173
Wiki­data ID
Q2920000
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Turkish—“Bab az-Zahra” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “باب الساهرة”
  • Czech: “Bab a-Zahara”
  • Czech: “Bab a-Zahra”
  • Czech: “Bab al-Zahra”
  • Czech: “Bab az-Zahara”
  • Czech: “Bab az-Zahra”
  • Czech: “Báb az-Záhra”
  • Dutch: “Bab a-Zahara”
  • French: “Bab a-Zahara”
  • German: “Bab az-Zahira”
  • Hebrew: “באב א זהארה”
  • Hebrew: “באב א זהרה”
  • Hebrew: “באב א-זהארה”
  • Hebrew: “באב א-זהרה”
  • Hebrew: “באב-א-זהרה”
  • Polish: “Bab a-Zahara”
  • Polish: “Bab az-Zahira”
  • Russian: “Беб-а-Захара”
  • Turkish: “Bab az-Zahira”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Bab az-Zahra”. Photo: Sir kiss, Public domain.