Maqarr ash Shurţah

Maqarr ash Shurţah is a police post in . Maqarr ash Shurţah is situated nearby to the suburb , as well as near the neighborhood .

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Tell es-Sultan and Hisham’s Palace.

Archaeological site
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, also known as Tel Jericho or Ancient Jericho, is an archaeological site and a UNESCO World Heritage Site in , in the city of , consisting of the remains of the oldest fortified city in the world. is situated 2½ km northwest of Maqarr ash Shurţah.

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Hisham's Palace, also known as Khirbat al-Mafjar, is an important early Islamic archaeological site in the city of , in the in . is situated 3 km north of Maqarr ash Shurţah.

Peak
Photo: Tango7174, CC BY-SA 4.0.
, in Palestinian Arabic Jebel Quruntul, is a mountain over the city of in the , ; 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. is situated 3½ km northwest of Maqarr ash Shurţah.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Jericho and An-Nuway’imah.

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, the "City of Palms", is a small city within the Palestinian Territories close to the northern end of and some 55 km from .

Suburb
al-Nuway'imah is a Palestinian village in the in the eastern , located five kilometers north of . It is situated in a low elevation below sea level in the central Jordan Valley.

Neighborhood
, is a Palestinian village in the in the eastern situated in the Jordan Valley, located two kilometers west of . is situated 2½ km northwest of Maqarr ash Shurţah.

Maqarr ash Shurţah

Latitude
31.85618° or 31° 51′ 22″ north
Longitude
35.46067° or 35° 27′ 38″ east
Elevation
-251 metres (-823 feet)
Open location code
8G3QVF46+F7
Geo­Names ID
8067751
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In Other Languages

“Maqarr ash Shurţah” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “مقر الشرطة”

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