UNRWA
UNRWA is a building in Palestine and has an elevation of 913 metres. UNRWA is situated nearby to Sheikh Ali al-Bakka Mosque, as well as near the village Kiryat Arba.- Type: Building
- Also known as: “Al Unrwa” and “Al Unrwā”
- Address: الخليل
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 UNRWA.
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 UNRWA.
Sheikh Ali al-Bakka Mosque
Mosque
Photo: יורם שורק, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Sheikh Ali al-Bakka Mosque, also known as the Shaykh Ali al-Baka Mosque, is a 13th-century mosque in the northwestern section of the Old City of Hebron in the southern West Bank, Palestine. Sheikh Ali al-Bakka Mosque is situated 1 km southeast of UNRWA.
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 2023 it had a population of 7,572.
Al-Uddeisa
Village
al-Uddeisa, also spelled Al 'Uddeisa, is a Palestinian village located four kilometers east of Hebron.The village is a locality of Sa'ir, in the Hebron Governorate Southern West Bank. Al-Uddeisa is situated 4½ km east of UNRWA.
UNRWA
- Location: Palestine, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
31.53398° or 31° 32′ 2″ northLongitude
35.098° or 35° 5′ 53″ eastElevation
913 metres (2,995 feet)Open location code
8G3QG3MX+H6OpenStreetMap ID
way 1167824684OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesGeoNames ID
8073035
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In Other Languages
“UNRWA” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “أونروا”
- Arabic: “الأنروا”
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