Ein Al Saltan
Ein Al Saltan is a locality in Jericho Governorate, West Bank. Ein Al Saltan is situated nearby to the village Ein Alsultan Refugee Camp, as well as near the suburb An-Nuway’imah.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Tell es-Sultan and Hisham’s Palace.
Tell es-Sultan
Archaeological site
Photo: Fullo88, Public domain.
Tell es-Sultan, also known as Tel Jericho or Ancient Jericho, is an archaeological site and a UNESCO World Heritage Site in Palestine, in the city of Jericho, consisting of the remains of the oldest fortified city in the world.
Hisham’s Palace
Archaeological site
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Hisham's Palace, also known as Khirbat al-Mafjar, is an important early Islamic archaeological site in the city of Jericho, in the West Bank. Built by the Umayyad dynasty in the first half of the 8th century, it is one of the so-called Umayyad desert castles.
Mount of Temptation
Peak
Photo: Tango7174, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Mount of Temptation, in Palestinian Arabic Jebel Quruntul, is a mountain over the city of Jericho in the West Bank; ancient Christian tradition identifies it as the location of the temptation of Jesus described in the New Testament Gospels of Matthew, Mark, and Luke, in which it is said that, from "a high place", the Devil offered Jesus rule over all the kingdoms of the world.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ein Alsultan Refugee Camp and An-Nuway’imah.
Ein Alsultan Refugee Camp
Village
Photo: James Emery, CC BY 2.0.
ʿEin es-Sulṭān camp, or ʿEin Sultan camp, is a refugee camp in the Jericho Governorate of the State of Palestine, in the Jordan Valley, in the eastern West Bank.
An-Nuway’imah
Suburb
al-Nuway'imah is a Palestinian village in the Jericho Governorate in the eastern West Bank, located five kilometers north of Jericho. It is situated in a low elevation below sea level in the central Jordan Valley.
Ein ad-Duyuk at-Tahta
Neighborhood
Ein ad-Duyuk at-Tahta, is a Palestinian village in the Jericho Governorate in the eastern West Bank situated in the Jordan Valley, located two kilometers west of Jericho.
Ein Al Saltan
- Type: Locality
- Location: Jericho Governorate, West Bank, Palestine, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
31.87938° or 31° 52′ 46″ northLongitude
35.4473° or 35° 26′ 50″ eastElevation
-195 metres (-640 feet)Open location code
8G3QVCHW+QWGeoNames ID
11670383
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