West Jerusalem

West Jerusalem represents the modern commercial heart of the city, which was the focus for development in the capital from the time of Israeli independence in 1948 to the reunification of the city with the Six Day War in 1967.
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  • Type: Locality with 400,000 residents
  • Description: section of Jerusalem that remained under Israeli control after the 1948 Arab–Israeli War
  • Also known as: “Jerusalem West”, “Jerusalen Oeste”, “Uesta Jerusalemo”, “ירושלים המערבית”, and “서부꾸드스”

Places of Interest

Highlights: Church of the Holy Sepulchre and Damascus Gate.

Church
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The , also known as the Church of the Resurrection, is a fourth-century church in the of the of .

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The is one of the main Gates of the Old City of Jerusalem. It is located in the wall on the city's northwest side and connects to a highway leading out to , which in the Hebrew Bible was called Shechem or Sichem, and from there, in times…

City gate
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is one of the seven main open gates of the Old City of Jerusalem. The name is currently used for both the historical Ottoman gate from 1538, and for the wide gap in the city wall adjacent to it to the south.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Jerusalem and Old City.

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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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The of Jerusalem is that part of surrounded by the impressive 16th-century Ottoman city walls and representing the heart of the city both historically and spiritually.

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is the part of Jerusalem that belongs to the Palestinian territories. The walled is formally part of it, but is discussed in its own article.

West Jerusalem

Latitude
31.78199° or 31° 46′ 55″ north
Longitude
35.21961° or 35° 13′ 11″ east
Population
400,000
Elevation
796 metres (2,612 feet)
Open location code
8G3QQ6J9+QR
Geo­Names ID
7498240
Wiki­data ID
Q2213440
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Yue Chinese—“West Jerusalem” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Jeruzalemi Perëndimor”
  • Arabic: “القدس الغربية”
  • Armenian: “Արևմտյան Երուսաղեմ”
  • Basque: “Mendebaldeko Jerusalem”
  • Bengali: “পশ্চিম জেরুজালেম”
  • Bhojpuri: “पश्चिम यरुशलम”
  • Catalan: “Jerusalem Oest”
  • Cebuano: “West Jerusalem”
  • Chinese: “西耶路撒冷”
  • Czech: “Západní Jeruzalém”
  • Danish: “Vestjerusalem”
  • Dutch: “West-Jeruzalem”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “القدس الغربيه”
  • Esperanto: “Okcidenta Jerusalemo”
  • French: “Jérusalem-Ouest”
  • German: “Westjerusalem”
  • Greek: “Δυτική Ιερουσαλήμ”
  • Hebrew: “מערב ירושלים” (historical)
  • Hindi: “पश्चिम यरुशलम”
  • Indonesian: “Yerusalem Barat”
  • Italian: “Gerusalemme ovest”
  • Italian: “Gerusalemme Ovest”
  • Japanese: “西エルサレム”
  • Korean: “서예루살렘”
  • Latvian: “Rietumjeruzaleme”
  • Lithuanian: “Vakarų Jeruzalė”
  • Luxembourgish: “Westjerusalem”
  • Malagasy: “Jerosalema Andrefana”
  • Malay: “Baitulmaqdis Barat”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Vest-Jerusalem”
  • Norwegian: “Vest-Jerusalem”
  • Persian: “اورشلیم غربی”
  • Persian: “بیت‌المقدس غربی”
  • Polish: “Zachodnia Jerozolima”
  • Portuguese: “Jerusalém Ocidental”
  • Russian: “Западный Иерусалим”
  • Slovak: “Západný Jeruzalem”
  • Spanish: “Jerusalén Occidental”
  • Spanish: “Jerusalén Oeste”
  • Swedish: “Västra Jerusalem”
  • Turkish: “Batı Kudüs”
  • Ukrainian: “Західний Єрусалим”
  • Urdu: “مغربی یروشلم”
  • Uzbek: “Gʻarbiy Quddus”
  • Yiddish: “מערב ירושלים”
  • Yue Chinese: “西耶路撒冷”

Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Nahalat Shiva and Russian Compound.

Jerusalem Hills: Must-Visit Destinations

Worth a closer look: Ein Kerem and Abu Ghosh.

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