Temple Mount
The Temple Mount or al-Haram al-Sharif is an elevated plateau in the Old City of Jerusalem that comprises the Islamic religious compound known as al-Aqsa, which includes the al-Aqsa Mosque and the Dome of the Rock.
- Type: Religious site
- Description: religious hilltop in the Old City of Jerusalem
- Also known as: “Al Aqsa”, “Al Aqsa Compound”, “Al Haram al Sharif”, “Al Haram Al Sharif”, “al-Haram al-Sharif”, “Al-Haram al-Sharif”, “Al-Haram asz-Szarif”, “Aqsa Mosque”, “Bryn y Deml, Jerwsalem”, “Bukit Bait Kudus”, “Bukit Kuil”, “Caedle al Asqa”, “Caedle Al Asqa”, “Chrámový vrch”, “Esplanada das Mesquitas”, “Esplanada de les Mesquites”, “Explanada de las Mezquitas”, “Farthest Mosque”, “Góra Moria”, “Har Ha-Bayit”, “Har haBáyit”, “Har haMoria”, “Haram ach-Charif”, “Haram al-Sharif”, “Haram esch-Scharif”, “Hramsko brdo”, “Jami‘ al-Aqsa”, “Masjid Al-Aqsa”, “Masjid al-Aqsa al-Sharif”, “Masjid Aqsa”, “Masjid-e-Aqsa”, “Mezkiten Zabalgunea”, “Mezkiten Zelaigunea”, “Monto de la Templo”, “Moria”, “Moriah”, “Mórija”, “Muntanya del Temple”, “Noble Santuario”, “Spianata del tempio”, “Spianata delle moschee”, “Tapınak Dağı”, “Tempelplein”, “Templomonto”, “Tenpluaren mendia”, “Wzgórze Moria”, “Χαράμ αλ-Σαρίφ”, “Аль-Харам аль-Шариф”, “Мориа”, “Мория”, “Харам аль-Шариф”, “Харам Шәріп”, “הַר הַבַּיִת”, “הר המוריה”, “הר מוריה”, “מתחם הר הבית”, “עלייה להר הבית לאחר החורבן”, “االمسجد الأقصا”, “الأقصى”, “الأقصى الشريف”, “الجامع الأقصى”, “الجامع الأقصى الشريف”, “الحرم الشريف”, “الحرم الشریف”, “المسجد الأقصى الشريف”, and “مسجدِ اقصیٰ”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights: Dome of the Rock and Dome of the Rock.
Dome of the Rock
Mosque
Western Wall
Synagogue
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Old City and Gethsemane.
Muslim Quarter
Neighborhood
Temple Mount
- Categories: hill, sacred mountain, compound, mosque, neighborhood, and religion
- Location: Quds Governorate, West Bank, Palestine, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
31.77801° or 31° 46′ 41″ north
Longitude
35.23595° or 35° 14′ 9″ east
Elevation
743 metres (2,438 feet)
Open location code
8G3QQ6HP+69
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Temple Mount” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Tempelberg”
- Arabic: “جبل المعبد”
- Armenian: “Տաճարի լեռ”
- Asturian: “Monte del Templu”
- Azerbaijani: “Məbəd dağı”
- Basque: “Tenpluaren Mendia”
- Belarusian: “Храмавая гара”
- Bengali: “হারাম আল-শরিফ”
- Bulgarian: “Храмов хълм”
- Catalan: “mont del Temple”
- Catalan: “Mont del Temple” (historical)
- Central Kurdish: “کێوی پەرستگا”
- Chinese: “圣殿山”
- Chinese: “聖殿山”
- Chuvash: “Храм тăвĕ”
- Croatian: “Brdo hrama”
- Czech: “Chrámová hora”
- Danish: “Tempelbjerget”
- Dutch: “Tempelberg”
- Egyptian Arabic: “المسجد الاقصى”
- Esperanto: “Templa Monto”
- Estonian: “Templimägi”
- Finnish: “Temppelivuori”
- French: “mont du Temple”
- French: “Mont du Temple” (historical)
- Galician: “Monte do Templo”
- German: “Tempelberg” (historical)
- Greek: “Όρος του Ναού”
- Hausa: “Dutsen Haikali”
- Hebrew: “הר הבית” (historical)
- Hindi: “टेम्पल माउंट”
- Hungarian: “Templom-hegy”
- Icelandic: “Musterishæðin”
- Indonesian: “Al-Haram asy-Syarif”
- Indonesian: “Bukit Bait Suci”
- Irish: “Cnoc an Teampaill”
- Italian: “Monte del Tempio”
- Japanese: “神殿の丘”
- Javanese: “Al-Haram al-qudsi asy-Syarif”
- Kabyle: “Adrar n ufakan”
- Kashmiri: “ٹیٚمپٕل ماوُنٛٹ”
- Kazakh: “Харам Шәриф”
- Korean: “성전산”
- Kurdish: “Çiyayê Perestgehê”
- Ladino: “Ar Abait”
- Latvian: “Tempļa kalns”
- Literary Chinese: “聖殿山”
- Lithuanian: “Šventyklos kalnas”
- Luxembourgish: “Tempelbierg”
- Macedonian: “Храмова Гора”
- Malagasy: “Tendrombohitra Tempoly”
- Malagasy: “Tendrombohitry ny Tempoly”
- Malay: “Bukit Baitulmaqdis”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Tempelhøyden”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Tempelhøgda”
- Norwegian: “Tempelhøyden”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Mont del Temple”
- Persian: “کوه معبد”
- Polish: “Wzgórze Świątynne”
- Portuguese: “Monte do Templo”
- Pushto: “د غره معبد”
- Romanian: “Muntele Templului”
- Russian: “Храмовая гора”
- Serbian: “Храмовна гора”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Hramska gora”
- Sindhi: “حرم قدسي شريف”
- Slovak: “Chrámová hora”
- Slovenian: “Tempeljska gora”
- Slovenian: “Tempeljski grič”
- Spanish: “Monte del Templo” (historical)
- Swedish: “Tempelberget”
- Swiss German: “Dr Tämpelbärg z Jerusalem”
- Swiss German: “Tempelberg”
- Tagalog: “Bundok ng Templo”
- Tamil: “கோவில் மலை”
- Thai: “เนินพระวิหาร”
- Turkish: “Tapınak Tepesi”
- Ukrainian: “Храмова гора”
- Urdu: “حرم شریف”
- Urdu: “حرم قدسی شریف”
- Vietnamese: “Núi Đền”
- Waray (Philippines): “Bukid Templo”
- Welsh: “Bryn y Deml”
- Western Panjabi: “حرم شریف”
- Western Panjabi: “مسجد اقصی”
- Wu Chinese: “圣殿山”
- Yiddish: “הר הבית”
- Yue Chinese: “聖殿山”
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