Abū Sittah

Abū Sittah is a locality in , . Abū Sittah is situated nearby to the locality , as well as near the town .

Places of Interest

Highlights include Saint Hilarion Monastery and Deir El Belah War Cemetery.

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 .

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.

Ruins
Photo: Daniel Ventura, CC BY-SA 3.0.
was a kibbutz and an Israeli settlement within the Gush Katif bloc in the . is situated 2½ km south of Abū Sittah.

Places in the Area

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

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.

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 .

Suburb
Deir al-Balah Camp is a Palestinian refugee camp in the of the southern , located one kilometer northwest of the center of city, of which it practically forms part.

Abū Sittah

Latitude
31.42751° or 31° 25′ 39″ north
Longitude
34.35855° or 34° 21′ 31″ east
Elevation
15 metres (49 feet)
Open location code
8G3PC9H5+2C
Geo­Names ID
8051595
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In Other Languages

“Abū Sittah” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “أبو ستة”

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