Maqbarat al Yahūd
Maqbarat al Yahūd is a cemetery in Palestine and has an elevation of 940 metres. Maqbarat al Yahūd is situated nearby to the scenic viewpoint Hebron Observatory, as well as near the village Kiryat Arba.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Old Jewish Cemetery and Cave of the Patriarchs.
Old Jewish Cemetery
Cemetery
Photo: אורלילי, Public domain.
The old Jewish cemetery in Hebron is located on a hill to the west of the Tomb of Machpela. It has been used as a Jewish cemetery for hundreds of years.
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 1 km east of Maqbarat al Yahūd.
Hebron Observatory
Scenic viewpoint
Photo: בן נחום, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Hebron Observatory is a scenic viewpoint, which is situated 250 metres east of Maqbarat al Yahūd.
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.
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 south of Maqbarat al Yahūd.
Maqbarat al Yahūd
- Type: Cemetery
- Also known as: “Jewish Cemetery” and “Maqbarat al Yahud”
- Category: burial
- Location: Palestine, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
31.52498° or 31° 31′ 30″ northLongitude
35.09957° or 35° 5′ 59″ eastElevation
940 metres (3,084 feet)Open location code
8G3QG3FX+XRGeoNames ID
8073375
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In Other Languages
“Maqbarat al Yahūd” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “مقبرة اليهود”
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