Al Maţţāyin

Al Maţţāyin is a locality in , . Al Maţţāyin is situated nearby to the locality , as well as near .

Places of Interest

Highlights include Kfar Darom and Saint Hilarion Monastery.

Ruins
Photo: Daniel Ventura, CC BY-SA 3.0.
was a kibbutz and an Israeli settlement within the Gush Katif bloc in the .

Archaeological site
Photo: RIZEK ABDELJAWAD, CC BY-SA 4.0.
was an ancient Christian monastery in . The ruins are part of the archaeological site of Tell Umm el-'Amr, and designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site. It is close to in the . is situated 3½ km north of Al Maţţāyin.

Cemetery
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The Deir El Balah War Cemetery was established in March 1917. After the Armistice of Mudros ended the Ottoman Empire's participation in the First World War, some graves were relocated from nearby to the Deir El Balah War Cemetery.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Deir el-Balah and Az-Zawayda.

Town
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Deir al-Balah is a city in the center of the , , and the administrative capital of the . It is located over 14 kilometers south of .

Town
, also spelled Zawaida, is a Palestinian town in the , in the of the State of Palestine. It is located about three kilometers northeast of the city of and just west of Maghazi refugee camp.

Village
is a Palestinian village in the central , part of the east of , south of the Maghazi refugee camp and west of the border with .

Al Maţţāyin

Latitude
31.41519° or 31° 24′ 55″ north
Longitude
34.35659° or 34° 21′ 24″ east
Elevation
30 metres (98 feet)
Open location code
8G3PC984+3J
Geo­Names ID
8051592
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Satellite Map

Discover Al Maţţāyin from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

“Al Maţţāyin” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “المطاين”

Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Maqām al Khaḑir and Deir el-Balah refugee camp.

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