Mount Zion

Jerusalem is the largest city of Israel. Israel claims it as its capital and a few countries including the United States recognize that claim, but most other countries and the United Nations do not.
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  • Type: Peak with an elevation of 765 metres
  • Description: hill in Jerusalem
  • Also known as: “Har Tsiyyon”, “Jabal Sahyoun”, and “Zion”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Cenacle and David’s Tomb.

Church
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The , also known as the Upper Room, is a room in Mount Zion in , just outside the Old City walls, traditionally held to be the site of the Last Supper, the final meal that, in the Gospel accounts, Jesus held with the apostles.

Synagogue
Photo: Berthold Werner, Public domain.
David's Tomb is a site that, according to an early medieval tradition, is associated with the burial of the biblical king David. During the Ottoman and British Mandate periods, Maqam Al-Nabi Daoud served one of Jerusalem prime Islamic shrines.

Meadow
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or Gehinnom is a Biblical toponym that has acquired various theological connotations, including as a place of divine punishment, in Jewish eschatology.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Yemin Moshe and Armenian Quarter.

Neighborhood
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is a historic neighborhood in , overlooking the Old City.

Neighborhood
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The is one of the four sectors of the walled Old City of . Located in the southwestern corner of the Old City, it can be accessed through the and .

Mount Zion

Latitude
31.77162° or 31° 46′ 18″ north
Longitude
35.22866° or 35° 13′ 43″ east
Elevation
765 metres (2,510 feet)
Open location code
8G3QQ6CH+JF
Open­Street­Map ID
node 2598721627
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­peak
Geo­Names ID
8354430
Wiki­data ID
Q332444
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yiddish—“Mount Zion” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “جبل صهيون”
  • Arabic: “جبل صهيون‎”
  • Armenian: “Սիոն”
  • Azerbaijani: “Sion dağı”
  • Basque: “Sion Mendia”
  • Basque: “Sion”
  • Belarusian: “гара Сіён”
  • Breton: “Menez Sion”
  • Bulgarian: “Цион”
  • Catalan: “Mont Sió”
  • Catalan: “Mont Sion”
  • Cebuano: “Mount Zion”
  • Central Bikol: “Bukid Sion”
  • Chinese: “郇山”
  • Chinese: “錫安山”
  • Chinese: “锡安山”
  • Chuvash: “Сион”
  • Croatian: “Cion (planina)”
  • Croatian: “Cion”
  • Czech: “Sijón”
  • Danish: “Zion-bjerget”
  • Danish: “Zionbjerget”
  • Danish: “Zions bjerg”
  • Dutch: “Berg Sion”
  • Dutch: “Berg Zion”
  • Dutch: “Mount Zion”
  • Dutch: “Sion”
  • Dutch: “Sionsberg”
  • Dutch: “Zion”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “جبل صهيون”
  • Finnish: “Siioninvuori”
  • French: “mont Sion”
  • French: “Mont Sion”
  • French: “Sion”
  • Galician: “Monte Sión”
  • Georgian: “სიონის მთა”
  • German: “Berg Zion”
  • German: “Zionsberg”
  • Greek: “Όρος Σιών”
  • Hebrew: “הר ציון”
  • Hindi: “सीयोन पर्वत”
  • Hungarian: “Sion-hegy”
  • Ido: “Monto Cion”
  • Indonesian: “Gunung Sion”
  • Irish: “Sliabh Shíón”
  • Irish: “Sliabh Zion”
  • Italian: “Monte Sion”
  • Italian: “Sion”
  • Japanese: “シオンの山”
  • Khmer: “ភ្នំស៊ីយ៉ូន”
  • Korean: “시온산”
  • Ladino: “Monte Sion”
  • Latin: “Sion”
  • Lithuanian: “Sionas”
  • Macedonian: “Сионска Гора”
  • Malagasy: “Ziôna”
  • Malay: “Gunung Sahyun”
  • Mazanderani: “مونته سیاو”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Sionfjellet”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Sionfjellet”
  • Norwegian: “Sionfjellet”
  • Persian: “کوه صهیون”
  • Polish: “Góra Syjon”
  • Polish: “Syjon”
  • Polish: “Wzgórze Syjon”
  • Portuguese: “Monte Sião”
  • Romanian: “Vârful Muntele Sion”
  • Russian: “гора Сион”
  • Russian: “Сион (гора)”
  • Russian: “Сион”
  • Serbian: “Sionska gora”
  • Serbian: “Сионска гора”
  • Slovenian: “Sion”
  • Slovenian: “Zion”
  • South Azerbaijani: “صهیون داغی”
  • Spanish: “Monte de Sion”
  • Spanish: “Monte Sion”
  • Spanish: “Monte Sión”
  • Swedish: “Sion”
  • Tagalog: “Bundok Sion”
  • Tamil: “சீயோன் மலை”
  • Thai: “ภูเขาศิโยน”
  • Turkish: “Siyon Dağı”
  • Turkish: “Zion Dağı”
  • Ukrainian: “Сіон”
  • Urdu: “הַר צִיּוֹן”
  • Urdu: “صہیون پہاڑی”
  • Vietnamese: “Núi Sion”
  • Vietnamese: “Núi Zion”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Bukid Sion”
  • Welsh: “Mynydd Seion”
  • Welsh: “Seion”
  • Western Panjabi: “صیہون پعاڑ”
  • Western Panjabi: “صیہون پہاڑ”
  • Yiddish: “הר ציון”

Places with the Same Name

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

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