Middle East
Israel
Jerusalem District

Al-Jura

Al-Jura was a Palestinian Arab village in the Jerusalem Subdistrict. It was depopulated during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War on July 11, 1948, under Operation Danny.
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  • Type: Ruins
  • Description: village in Jerusalem, Mandatory Palestine
  • Also known as: “Al-Jura, Jerusalem” and “el Jurah”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Har Ora and Church of the Visitation.

Peak
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
is a peak.

Church
Photo: Bahnfrend, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The is a Catholic church in , , and honors the Visitation made by the Virgin Mary, the mother of Jesus, to Elizabeth, the mother of John the Baptist. is situated 1¼ km northeast of Al-Jura.

Hospital
Photo: Ranbar, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a hospital, which is situated 1 km north of Al-Jura.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ora and Aminadav.

Village
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
is a moshav in central . Located southwest of , it falls under the jurisdiction of Mateh Yehuda Regional Council. In 2023 it had a population of 1,358.

Village
Photo: Idobi, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a moshav in central . Located southwest of near , it falls under the jurisdiction of Mateh Yehuda Regional Council. In 2023 it had a population of 914.

Suburb
Photo: Šlomo, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a neighborhood in southwest . It is bordered by to the south and east, to the west, and the Jerusalem hills to the north.

Al-Jura

Latitude
31.75587° or 31° 45′ 21″ north
Longitude
35.1514° or 35° 9′ 5″ east
Open location code
8G3QQ542+8H
Open­Street­Map ID
node 13110668012
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­ruins
Wiki­data ID
Q4702644
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Urdu—“Al-Jura” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “الجورة، القدس”
  • Arabic: “الجورة”
  • Azerbaijani: “Jura”
  • Danish: “Al-Jura”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “الجوره”
  • French: “Al-Jura”
  • Hebrew: “אל-ג’ורה”
  • Indonesian: “Al-Jura, Yerusalem”
  • Polish: “Al-Dżura”
  • Polish: “Al-Jura”
  • Russian: “Джура”
  • Swedish: “Al-Jura”
  • Turkish: “El-Jura”
  • Urdu: “الجورہ، یروشلم”

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Ora Cemetery and Ein Sarig.

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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 Wikipedia page “Al-Jura”. Photo: Agmonsnir, CC BY-SA 4.0.