Al Başşah
Al Başşah is a locality in Hebron, West Bank and has an elevation of 918 metres. Al Başşah is situated nearby to the locality Al Ḩāwūz, as well as near Khirbat Kan‘ān.Places of Interest
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 3 km east of Al Başşah.
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 3 km east of Al Başşah.
Abraham’s Oak Holy Trinity Monastery
Monastery
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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.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Hebron and Beit Hagai.
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.
Beit Hagai
Village
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Beit Hagai, also Hagai, is an Israeli settlement organized as a community settlement located in the southern Hebron Hills in the West Bank. The settlement population was 460 in 2004, according to a classified government document published by the Haaretz newspaper, and lies within the municipal jurisdiction of the Har Hevron Regional Council. Beit Hagai is situated 3 km south of Al Başşah.
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 3½ km southeast of Al Başşah.
Al Başşah
- Type: Locality
- Also known as: “Al Bassah”
- Location: Hebron, West Bank, Palestine, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
31.51868° or 31° 31′ 7″ northLongitude
35.07854° or 35° 4′ 43″ eastElevation
918 metres (3,012 feet)Open location code
8G3QG39H+FCGeoNames ID
8073005
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In Other Languages
“Al Başşah” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “البصة”
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