Israel
Jerusalem Hills
Jerusalem District

Abu Ghosh

Abu Ghosh is an Arab-Israeli town of 7,500 people in . It is in one of the earliest areas of human habitation in Israel. Archaeological excavations have revealed three Neolithic settlement phases, the middle phase is dated to the 7th millennium BCE.
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  • Type: Village with 7,700 residents
  • Description: local council in Israel
  • Also known as: “‘Inab”, “`Inab”, “Abu Ghaush”, “Abū Ghōsh”, “Abu-Ghawsh”, “Kuryet el Enab”, “Qaryat al ‘Inab”, “Qaryat el ‘Inab”, “Qaryet el ‘Inab”, and “قرية العنب”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Benedictine monastery in Abu Ghosh and Ein Hemed.

Church
Photo: Berthold Werner, Public domain.
The , officially St Mary of the Resurrection Abbey, is a monastery run by the Olivetan Benedictine order in Abu Ghosh, .

Protected area
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is a and in , in the hills seven kilometres west of modern and some 12 kilometres west of the Old City.

Monastery
Photo: Avi1111, Public domain.
The Resurrection Church, or the Church of the Crusaders in Abu Gosh, is the name given to a Catholic religious building consisting of a structure of the time of the Crusaders who belonged to the Knights Hospitaller, and today is a part of the , in central .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kiryat Ye’arim and Ein Naqquba.

Village
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Kiryat Ye'arim, also known as Telz-Stone, is a strictly Orthodox town in the of . It is located in the approximate area of an ancient place mentioned in the Bible, from which it takes its name.

Village
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is an Arab village in central . Located west of , it falls under the jurisdiction of Mateh Yehuda Regional Council. In 2023 it had a population of 3,696.

Village
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is an Arab village ten kilometers west of in . Located on the other side of Route 1 to Abu Ghosh, it falls under the jurisdiction of Mateh Yehuda Regional Council. In 2023 it had a population of 1,407.

Abu Ghosh

Latitude
31.8064° or 31° 48′ 23″ north
Longitude
35.1089° or 35° 6′ 32″ east
Population
7,700
Elevation
707 metres (2,320 feet)
United Nations Location Code
IL ABU
Open location code
8G3QR445+GG
Open­Street­Map ID
node 222030040
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
295772
Wiki­data ID
Q335023
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Frisian—“Abu Ghosh” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “أبو غوش”
  • Arabic: “أبو غوش‎”
  • Arabic: “أبو غُوش”
  • Arabic: “أبوغوش”
  • Arabic: “قرية أبوغوش”
  • Arabic: “قرية العناب”
  • Bulgarian: “Абу гош”
  • Bulgarian: “Абу Гош”
  • Catalan: “Abu Ghosh”
  • Catalan: “Abu Gosh”
  • Cebuano: “Abū Ghaush”
  • Chechen: “Абу-Гош”
  • Chinese: “阿布·古什”
  • Chinese: “阿布戈什”
  • Czech: “Abu Ghoš”
  • Czech: “Abú Ghoš”
  • Czech: “Abu Ghosh”
  • Dutch: “Abu Ghosh”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “ابو غوش”
  • Finnish: “Abu Ghosh”
  • French: “Abou Gosh”
  • French: “Abu Ghosh”
  • Galician: “Abu Ghosh”
  • German: “Abū Ghaush”
  • German: “Abu Ghosh”
  • German: “Abu Gosch”
  • German: “Abu Gosh”
  • Greek: “Αμπού Γκος”
  • Hebrew: “אבו גוש”
  • Hebrew: “אבו ע’וש”
  • Hebrew: “אבו-גוש”
  • Japanese: “アブ・ゴーシュ”
  • Ladino: “Abu Gosh”
  • North Levantine Arabic: “أبو غُوش”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Abu Ghosh”
  • Norwegian: “Abu Ghosh”
  • Ossetian: “Абу-Гош”
  • Persian: “ابو غوش”
  • Persian: “ابو قاش”
  • Polish: “Abu Ghausz”
  • Polish: “Abu Ghosh”
  • Polish: “Abu Gosh”
  • Polish: “Abu Gosz”
  • Portuguese: “Abu ghosh”
  • Portuguese: “Abu Ghosh”
  • Russian: “Абу-Гош”
  • Saraiki: “ابو غوش”
  • Scots: “Abu Ghosh”
  • Swedish: “Abū Ghaush”
  • Turkish: “Ebu Goş”
  • Ukrainian: “Абу-Гош”
  • Ukrainian: “Абу-Ґош”
  • Urdu: “ابو غوش”
  • Western Frisian: “Abu Ghosh”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Abu Ghosh”. Photo: Tango7174, CC BY-SA 4.0.