Şaydalīyat al Aqşá

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Tell Balata

Archaeological site

Photo: TrickyH, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Tell Balata is an archaeological site in the West Bank near Nablus, Palestine, that includes the remains of an ancient Canaanite and Israelite city, identified since 1913 with the Biblical city of Shechem. Tell Balata is situated 380 metres northeast of Şaydalīyat al Aqşá.

Mount Gerizim

Peak

Photo: יאיר דב, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Mount Gerizim is one of two mountains near the Palestinian city of Nablus and the biblical city of Shechem, located in the north of Palestine’s West Bank.

Joseph’s Tomb

Synagogue

Photo: David Roberts (painter), Public domain.

Joseph's Tomb is a funerary monument located in Balata village at the eastern entrance to the valley that separates Mounts Gerizim and Ebal, 300 m northwest of Jacob's Well, on the outskirts of the West Bank city of Nablus. Joseph’s Tomb is situated 660 metres east of Şaydalīyat al Aqşá.

Places in the Area

Balata Camp

Town

Photo: Hoshvilim, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Balata Camp is a Palestinian refugee camp established in the northern West Bank in 1950, adjacent to Balata village on the outskirts of the city of Nablus. Balata Camp had a population of 14,635 in 2017.

Kiryat Luza

Village

Photo: Daniel Ventura, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Kiryat Luza is a village situated on Mount Gerizim near the city of Nablus in the West Bank. It is within Area B of the West Bank, and as a result is under the joint control of Israel and the Palestinian National Authority, and is the only remaining site populated wholly by Samaritans.

Askar RC (al-Qadeem)

Village

Photo: Qusay.khateeb, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Askar is a Palestinian refugee camp. It is located on the outskirts of the West Bank city of Nablus and was established in 1950 on 119 dunums of land. Residents of the camp refer to this as “New Askar”.

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