Maqarr ash Shurţah
Maqarr ash Shurţah is a police post in Palestine. Maqarr ash Shurţah is situated nearby to the suburb An-Nuway’imah, as well as near the neighborhood Ein ad-Duyuk at-Tahta.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Tell es-Sultan and Hisham’s Palace.
Tell es-Sultan
Archaeological site
Photo: Fullo88, Public domain.
Tell es-Sultan, also known as Tel Jericho or Ancient Jericho, is an archaeological site and a UNESCO World Heritage Site in Palestine, in the city of Jericho, consisting of the remains of the oldest fortified city in the world. Tell es-Sultan is situated 2½ km northwest of Maqarr ash Shurţah.
Hisham’s Palace
Archaeological site
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Hisham's Palace, also known as Khirbat al-Mafjar, is an important early Islamic archaeological site in the city of Jericho, in the West Bank. Built by the Umayyad dynasty in the first half of the 8th century, it is one of the so-called Umayyad desert castles. Hisham’s Palace is situated 3 km north of Maqarr ash Shurţah.
Mount of Temptation
Peak
Photo: Tango7174, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Mount of Temptation, in Palestinian Arabic Jebel Quruntul, is a mountain over the city of Jericho in the West Bank; ancient Christian tradition identifies it as the location of the temptation of Jesus described in the New Testament Gospels of Matthew, Mark, and Luke, in which it is said that, from "a high place", the Devil offered Jesus rule over all the kingdoms of the world. Mount of Temptation is situated 3½ km northwest of Maqarr ash Shurţah.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Jericho and An-Nuway’imah.
Jericho
Jericho, the "City of Palms", is a small city within the Palestinian Territories close to the northern end of Dead Sea and some 55 km from Jerusalem.
An-Nuway’imah
Suburb
al-Nuway'imah is a Palestinian village in the Jericho Governorate in the eastern West Bank, located five kilometers north of Jericho. It is situated in a low elevation below sea level in the central Jordan Valley.
Ein ad-Duyuk at-Tahta
Neighborhood
Ein ad-Duyuk at-Tahta, is a Palestinian village in the Jericho Governorate in the eastern West Bank situated in the Jordan Valley, located two kilometers west of Jericho. Ein ad-Duyuk at-Tahta is situated 2½ km northwest of Maqarr ash Shurţah.
Maqarr ash Shurţah
- Type: Police post
- Also known as: “Maqarr ash Shurtah” and “Police Residence”
- Location: Palestine, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
31.85618° or 31° 51′ 22″ northLongitude
35.46067° or 35° 27′ 38″ eastElevation
-251 metres (-823 feet)Open location code
8G3QVF46+F7GeoNames ID
8067751
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In Other Languages
“Maqarr ash Shurţah” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “مقر الشرطة”
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