Jerusalem Hills

The Jerusalem hills is a mountainous region in central which includes the .
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Essential Destinations

Top destinations include West Jerusalem and Ein Kerem.

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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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is a secluded village suburb on the outskirts of West Jerusalem. Surrounded by hills dotted with olive and cypress trees, the village is refreshingly quiet although only a 20-minute bus ride southwest of the city centre.

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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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or Chareidi Jerusalem refers to the parts of which are overwhelmingly populated by Jews. More than a third of Jerusalem's population, and more than 60% of Jewish youth in Jerusalem, are .

Places of Interest

Highlights include Ein Hemed and Benedictine monastery 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.

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The , officially St Mary of the Resurrection Abbey, is a monastery run by the Olivetan Benedictine order in , .

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was a Palestinian village in the Jerusalem Subdistrict depopulated during the 1948 Arab–Israeli War. It was located 10 km west of , with bordering to the east.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Mevaseret Zion and Kiryat Ye’arim.

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is a town and local council located 10 km to the west of , straddling both sides of the Jerusalem–Tel Aviv highway. is composed of two distinct older townships, Maoz Zion and Mevaseret Yerushalayim, under the jurisdiction of one local council.

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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.

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is an Arab village in central . Located west of , it falls under the jurisdiction of Mateh Yehuda Regional Council. In 2024 it had a population of 3,849.

Jerusalem Hills

Latitude
31.7867° or 31° 47′ 12″ north
Longitude
35.1157° or 35° 6′ 57″ east
Open location code
8G3QQ4P8+M7
Wiki­data ID
Q14201991
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Jerusalem Hills” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “جبال القدس”
  • Armenian: “Երուսաղեմի բլուրներ”
  • Catalan: “muntanyes de Jerusalem”
  • Czech: “Jeruzalémské hory”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “تلال القدس”
  • Greek: “Ιεροσολυμιτικά όρη”
  • Greek: “Ιεροσολυμιτικοί λόφοι”
  • Greek: “Λόφοι της Ιερουσαλήμ”
  • Greek: “Λόφοι των Ιεροσολύμων”
  • Greek: “Όρη της Ιερουσαλήμ”
  • Greek: “Όρη των Ιεροσολύμων”
  • Hebrew: “הרי ירושלים ואזור שכונות הטבעת”
  • Hebrew: “הרי ירושלים”
  • Irish: “Cnoic Iarúsailéim”
  • Italian: “Colline di Gerusalemme”
  • Ladin: “Jerusalem hills”
  • Latvian: “Jeruzalemes pakalni”
  • Malay: “perbukitan Baitulmaqdis”
  • Malay: “perbukitan Baitulmuqaddis”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Jerusalem-åsene”
  • Polish: “Wzgórza Jerozolimskie”
  • Russian: “иерусалимские холмы”
  • Slovenian: “Jeruzalemsko hribovje”
  • Spanish: “colinas de Jerusalén”
  • Spanish: “Montañas de Jerusalén”
  • Spanish: “montes de Jerusalén”
  • Ukrainian: “Єрусалимські пагорби”
  • Venetian: “Jerusalem hills”
  • Welsh: “bryniau Jeriwsalem”
  • Welsh: “bryniau Jerwsalem”
  • Welsh: “mynyddoedd Jeriwsalem”
  • Welsh: “mynyddoedd Jerwsalem”

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