Al ‘Imārah

Al ‘Imārah is a locality in , and has an elevation of 949 metres. Al ‘Imārah is situated nearby to the locality , as well as near .

Places of Interest

Highlights include Cave of the Patriarchs and Abraham’s Oak Holy Trinity Monastery.

Photo: Djampa, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The 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 in the , 30 kilometres south of .

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 , , founded in the 20th century on the site of the ancient Oak of Mamre.

Protected area
Photo: Eman, Public domain.
The Old City of Hebron is the historic city centre of . 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.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Hebron and Kiryat Arba.

Photo: Extua, CC BY 3.0.
is an ancient city in the southern . It is the traditional burial place of the Biblical patriarchs Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and their wives.

Village
or Qiryat Arba is an urban Israeli settlement on the outskirts of , in the southern Israeli-occupied . Founded in 1968, in 2024 it had a population of 7,698. is situated 2½ km east of Al ‘Imārah.

Village
Photo: سجى نبيل أبو سنينة, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a Palestinian village located four kilometers south of and adjacent to the Israeli settlement of . The village is in the in the Southern . is situated 4½ km south of Al ‘Imārah.

Al ‘Imārah

Latitude
31.53515° or 31° 32′ 7″ north
Longitude
35.09407° or 35° 5′ 39″ east
Elevation
949 metres (3,114 feet)
Open location code
8G3QG3PV+3J
Geo­Names ID
8073071
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In Other Languages

“Al ‘Imārah” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “العمارة”

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