Mosque of Omar
The Mosque of Omar is a mosque located in the Old City of Bethlehem, in the West Bank, in the State of Palestine. It is situated on the west side of Manger Square, across the square from the Church of the Nativity.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Opening hours: 10:00 AM—11:00 AM, 1:30 PM—2:30 PM, and 5:00 PM—7:00 PM
- Type: Mosque
- Description: mosque in the Old City of Bethlehem, West Bank, State of Palestine
- Also known as: “Masjid ‘Umar Bin al Khattab”, “Masjid ‘Umar Bin al Khaţţāb”, and “Omar Mosque”
- Address: بيت لحم
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Church of the Nativity and Manger Square.
Church of the Nativity
Church
The Church of the Nativity, or Basilica of the Nativity, is a basilica located in Bethlehem, West Bank, Palestine. The grotto holds a prominent religious significance to Christians of various denominations as the birthplace of Jesus. Church of the Nativity is situated 180 metres east of Mosque of Omar.
Manger Square
Photo: Alexey Goral, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Manger Square is a city square in the center of Bethlehem in Palestine. It takes its name from the manger where Jesus is said to have been born which, according to Christian tradition, took place at the Grotto of the Nativity, enshrined since the fourth century in the Church of the Nativity.
Church of Saint Catherine
Church
Photo: Zairon, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Church of Saint Catherine or Chapel of Saint Catherine is a Catholic religious building located adjacent to the northern part of the Basilica of the Nativity in Bethlehem in the West Bank, Palestine. Church of Saint Catherine is situated 210 metres east of Mosque of Omar.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bethlehem and Beit Jala.
Bethlehem
Bethlehem is a small city located some 10 km south of the Old City of Jerusalem within the West Bank, in an "Area A" zone administered by the Palestinian Authority.
Beit Jala
Town
Photo: Gilabrand, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Beit Jala is a Palestinian Christian town in the Bethlehem Governorate of Palestine, in the West Bank. Beit Jala is located 10 km 10 km south of Jerusalem, on the western side of the Hebron road, opposite Bethlehem, at 825 meters altitude.
Hindaza
Village
Hindaza is a Palestinian village located six kilometers south-east of Bethlehem. The village is in the Bethlehem Governorate Southern West Bank. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the village had a population of 7,517 in 2017.
Mosque of Omar
- Categories: building, place of worship, and religion
- Location: Palestine, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
31.7045° or 31° 42′ 16″ northLongitude
35.20543° or 35° 12′ 20″ eastElevation
763 metres (2,503 feet)Open location code
8G3QP634+R5OpenStreetMap ID
way 549999178OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipOpenStreetMap feature
building=mosqueGeoNames ID
8075344Wikidata ID
Q2667420
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Welsh—“Mosque of Omar” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “مسجد عمر (بيت لحم)”
- Arabic: “مسجد عمر بن الخطاب”
- Arabic: “مسجد عمر”
- Breton: “Moskeen Omar”
- Catalan: “Mesquita d’Omar (Betlem)”
- Catalan: “Mesquita d’Omar”
- Central Kurdish: “مزگەوتی عومەر کوڕی خەتتاب”
- Chinese: “奥马尔清真寺”
- Cornish: “Mosk Omar (Bethlem)”
- Cornish: “Mosk Omar”
- Czech: “Omarova mešita”
- Egyptian Arabic: “مسجد عمر”
- Esperanto: “Moskeo de Omaro”
- French: “mosquée d’Omar”
- French: “Mosquée d’Omar”
- Georgian: “ომარის მეჩეთი”
- German: “Omar-Moschee”
- Japanese: “オマールのモスク”
- Kinyarwanda: “Umusigiti wa Omar”
- Persian: “مسجد عمر”
- Polish: “Meczet Umara w Betlejem”
- Russian: “Мечеть Омара”
- Spanish: “Mezquita de Omar”
- Urdu: “مسجد عمر بن خطاب (بیت لحم)”
- Urdu: “مسجد عمر بن خطاب”
- Uzbek: “Umar masjidi”
- Welsh: “Mosg Omar (Bethlehem)”
- Welsh: “Mosg Omar”
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