Maktab al Muḩāfaz̧ah
Maktab al Muḩāfaz̧ah is an administrative facility in Palestine and has an elevation of 899 metres. Maktab al Muḩāfaz̧ah is situated nearby to the village Kiryat Arba, as well as near Qilqis.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Cave of the Patriarchs and Hebron/Al-Khalil Old Town.
Cave of the Patriarchs
Photo: Djampa, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Cave of the Patriarchs or Tomb of the Patriarchs, known to Jews by its Biblical name Cave of Machpelah and to Muslims as the Ibrahami Mosque, or Sanctuary of Ibrahim, is a series of caves situated in the heart of the Old City of Hebron in the West Bank, 30 kilometres south of Jerusalem. Cave of the Patriarchs is situated 1½ km southeast of Maktab al Muḩāfaz̧ah.
Hebron/Al-Khalil Old Town
Protected area
Photo: Eman, Public domain.
The Old City of Hebron is the historic city centre of Hebron. The Hebron of antiquity is thought by archaeologists to have originally started elsewhere, at Tel Rumeida, which is approximately 200 meters west of today's Old City, and thought to have originally been a Canaanite city. Hebron/Al-Khalil Old Town is situated 1½ km southeast of Maktab al Muḩāfaz̧ah.
Abraham’s Oak Holy Trinity Monastery
Monastery
Photo: Copper Kettle, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Church of the Holy Forefathers and Monastery of the Holy Trinity, also known as Al Maskobiya, is a Russian Orthodox monastery and church in Hebron, Palestine, founded in the 20th century on the site of the ancient Oak of Mamre. Abraham’s Oak Holy Trinity Monastery is situated 1 km northwest of Maktab al Muḩāfaz̧ah.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Hebron and Kiryat Arba.
Hebron
Hebron is an ancient city in the southern West Bank. It is the traditional burial place of the Biblical patriarchs Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and their wives.
Kiryat Arba
Village
Kiryat Arba or Qiryat Arba is an urban Israeli settlement on the outskirts of Hebron, in the southern Israeli-occupied West Bank. Founded in 1968, in 2024 it had a population of 7,698.
Qilqis
Village
Photo: سجى نبيل أبو سنينة, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Qilqis is a Palestinian village located four kilometers south of Hebron and adjacent to the Israeli settlement of Beit Haggai. The village is in the Hebron Governorate in the Southern West Bank. Qilqis is situated 4 km south of Maktab al Muḩāfaz̧ah.
Maktab al Muḩāfaz̧ah
- Type: Administrative facility
- Also known as: “Hebron Governorate Office” and “Maktab al Muhafazah”
- Category: government building
- Location: Palestine, Middle East, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
31.53121° or 31° 31′ 52″ northLongitude
35.09439° or 35° 5′ 40″ eastElevation
899 metres (2,949 feet)Open location code
8G3QG3JV+FQGeoNames ID
8073001
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In Other Languages
“Maktab al Muḩāfaz̧ah” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “مكتب المحافظة”
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