Hamelaha/HaTa’asiya
Hamelaha/HaTa’asiya is a bus stop in Jerusalem District, Israel. Hamelaha/HaTa’asiya is situated nearby to the college Police academy, as well as near the peak Husham mound.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Beit Jimal and Tel Beit Shemesh.
Beit Jimal
Monastery
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Beit Jimal or Beit Jamal is a Catholic monastery run by Salesian priests and brothers near Beit Shemesh, Israel. The Christian tradition identifies the site with the Roman- and Byzantine-era Jewish village of Caphargamala, and believe that inside a cave in the area, there is the tomb of Saint Stephen or to have conserved his relics. Beit Jimal is situated 2 km southeast of Hamelaha/HaTa’asiya.
Tel Beit Shemesh
Archaeological site
Photo: עט הזמיר, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Tel Beit Shemesh is a small archaeological tell northeast of the modern city of Beit Shemesh. It was identified in the late 1830s as Biblical Beth Shemesh – it then was known as Ain Shams – by Edward Robinson. Tel Beit Shemesh is situated 2½ km northeast of Hamelaha/HaTa’asiya.
Tel Yarmut
Ruins
Photo: Shelly Eshkoli, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Tel Yarmuth or Khirbet Yarmuk is an ancient Near East archaeological site in Israel located 25 kilometers southwest of Jerusalem and near modern Beit Shemesh. Tel Yarmut is situated 3½ km southeast of Hamelaha/HaTa’asiya.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Yish’i and Zekharia.
Yish’i
Village
Photo: Owenglyndur, CC BY 4.0.
Yish'i is a moshav in central Israel. Located near Beit Shemesh, it falls under the jurisdiction of Mateh Yehuda Regional Council. In 2024 it had a population of 938.
Zekharia
Village
Photo: אסף.צ, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Zekharia is a moshav in central Israel. It sits on the ancient Palestinian village of Zakariyya, whose inhabitants were expelled in 1949. Located near Beit Shemesh, it falls under the jurisdiction of Mateh Yehuda Regional Council. Zekharia is situated 3 km southwest of Hamelaha/HaTa’asiya.
Beit Shemesh
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Beit Shemesh is a city in the Shfela region of Israel, with a population of 119,000. Excluding the West Bank, Beit Shemesh is the closest city to Jerusalem.
Hamelaha/HaTa’asiya
- Type: Bus stop
- Category: transportation
- Location: Jerusalem District, Israel, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
31.7343° or 31° 44′ 4″ northLongitude
34.95702° or 34° 57′ 25″ eastOpen location code
8G3PPXM4+PROpenStreetMap ID
node 10924911667OpenStreetMap feature
highway=bus_stopOpenStreetMap feature
public_transport=platform
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Hebrew—“Hamelaha/HaTa’asiya” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “هملاخا/هَتعسياه”
- Hebrew: “המלאכה/התעשייה”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Police academy and Husham mound.
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