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Modi’in Illit

Modi'in Illit is a Haredi Jewish-Israeli settlement organized as a city council in the , situated midway between and . Built on the land of five Palestinian villages–, Kharbata, , , and Dir Qadis–Modi'in Illit was granted city status by the Israeli government in 2008.
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  • Type: Town with 47,700 residents
  • Description: Israeli settlement in the West Bank
  • Also known as: “Kiryat Sefer”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Ma’arava Yeshiva and Modi`im.

Synagogue
Photo: יעקב, CC BY 3.0.
Maarava Machon Rubin is an Orthodox yeshiva high school located in the Israeli settlement of Matityahu, near Modi'in, midway between and .

Ruins
Modi’in, also Modi’im, and later, Moditha, was an ancient Jewish city located in , near the modern city of , . First mentioned in the Books of Maccabees, it was the hometown of the priestly Hasmonean family, who assumed leadership over Judea following the victorious Maccabean uprising. is situated 4½ km west of Modi’in Illit.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Modi’in and Ni’lin.

Photo: Righteos, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Modi'in is a relatively new Israeli city located in the Shfela, halfway between and . There are some archaeological sites in the city as well as popular tourist attractions nearby.

Village
Photo: Daboos hassan, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Ni'lin is a Palestinian town in the of the State of Palestine, in the central , located 17 kilometers west of .

Village
Photo: יעקב, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is an Israeli settlement located in the western section of the , off Route 443. is located two kilometers east of , midway between and and is part of the .

Modi’in Illit

Latitude
31.9324° or 31° 55′ 57″ north
Longitude
35.0433° or 35° 2′ 36″ east
Population
47,700
Elevation
280 metres (919 feet)
Open location code
8G3QW2JV+X8
Open­Street­Map ID
node 432287759
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
8199378
Wiki­data ID
Q168140
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yiddish—“Modi’in Illit” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “موديعين عيليت”
  • Armenian: “Մոդիին Իլիթ”
  • Asturian: “Modi’in Illit”
  • Basque: “Modi’in Illit”
  • Catalan: “Modi’in Illit”
  • Catalan: “Modiín Il·lit”
  • Cebuano: “Modiin Ilit”
  • Chinese: “上莫迪因”
  • Chinese: “莫迪因伊利特”
  • Czech: “Modi’in Ilit”
  • Czech: “Modi’in Illit”
  • Dutch: “Modi’in Illit”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “موديعين عيليت”
  • Esperanto: “Modi’in Illit”
  • Finnish: “Modi’in Illit”
  • Finnish: “Modiin Ilit”
  • French: “Brachfeld”
  • French: “Kiryat sefer”
  • French: “Modi’in Illit”
  • French: “Modiin Illit”
  • Galician: “Criptograma”
  • German: “Kirjat Sefer”
  • German: “Modi’in Ilit”
  • German: “Modi’in Illit”
  • German: “Modiin Illit”
  • German: “Modiʿin Illit”
  • Greek: “Μοντιίν Ιλίτ”
  • Hebrew: “מודיעין עילית” (historical)
  • Hebrew: “מודיעין עלית”
  • Hebrew: “קריית ספר”
  • Hebrew: “קרית ספר”
  • Indonesian: “Modi’in Illit”
  • Italian: “Modi’in Illit”
  • Japanese: “モディイン・イリット”
  • Korean: “모디인일리트”
  • Manx: “Modi’in Illit”
  • Mingrelian: “მოდიინ-ილითი”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Modi’in Illit”
  • Persian: “مودیعین عیلیت”
  • Polish: “Modi’in Illit”
  • Portuguese: “Modi’in Illit”
  • Russian: “Модиин Илит”
  • Russian: “Модиин-Илит”
  • Spanish: “Modi’in Illit”
  • Spanish: “Modiin Illit”
  • Swedish: “Modi’in Illit”
  • Turkish: “Modi’in İllit”
  • Ukrainian: “Модіін-Іліт”
  • Ukrainian: “Модіїн-Іліт”
  • Urdu: “مودیعین عیلیت”
  • Vietnamese: “Modi’in Illit”
  • Yiddish: “מודיעין עילית”

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