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Kiryat Luza

Kiryat Luza is a village situated on near the city of in the . It is within Area B of the West Bank, and as a result is under the joint control of and the Palestinian National Authority, and is the only remaining site populated wholly by Samaritans.
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  • Type: Village with 300 residents
  • Description: Jewish settlement near Nablus
  • Also known as: “Kiryat Senva”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Mount Gerizim and Bi’er Yacoub.

Peak
Photo: יאיר דב, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is one of two mountains near the city of and the biblical city of Shechem, located in the north of ’s .

Church
Photo: Jkgarrett17, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Jacob's Well, also known as Jacob's Fountain or the Well of Sychar, is a Christian holy site located in Balata village, a suburb of the Palestinian city of in the .

Synagogue
Photo: David Roberts (painter), Public domain.
Joseph's Tomb is a funerary monument located in Balata village at the eastern entrance to the valley that separates Mounts Gerizim and Ebal, 300 m northwest of , on the outskirts of the city of .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Berakha and Kafr Qallil.

Village
Photo: יאיר דב, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Har Brakha, more commonly spelled Har Bracha is an Israeli settlement located on the southern ridge of at an elevation of 870 metres above sea level, in the 's Samarian Mountains, near the Palestinian city of .

Village
Photo: Meronim, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a Palestinian town in the of the State of Palestine, in the northern . According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the town had a population of 3,029 inhabitants in 2017.

Town
Photo: Hoshvilim, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a Palestinian refugee camp established in the northern in 1950, adjacent to Balata village on the outskirts of the city of . had a population of 14,635 in 2017.

Kiryat Luza

Latitude
32.20413° or 32° 12′ 15″ north
Longitude
35.26867° or 35° 16′ 7″ east
Population
300
Open location code
8G4Q6739+MF
Open­Street­Map ID
node 2317268628
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Wiki­data ID
Q2304906
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Kiryat Luza” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “قرية لوزة”
  • Arabic: “لوزة”
  • Czech: “Kirjat Luza”
  • Czech: “Kirjat Senva”
  • Dutch: “Kirjat Loeza”
  • Dutch: “Kirjat Senva”
  • Dutch: “Kiryat Senva”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “قرية لوزه”
  • Finnish: “Kirjat Luza”
  • Finnish: “Kirjat Senva”
  • French: “Kiryat Luza”
  • Hebrew: “קריית לוזה”
  • Italian: “Kiryat Luza”
  • Italian: “Kiryat Senva”
  • Japanese: “キルヤ・ルーザ”
  • Russian: “Кирьят-Луза”
  • Russian: “Кирьят-Сенва”
  • Urdu: “قریہ لوزہ”
  • Uzbek: “Kiryat Luza”
  • Uzbek: “Kiryat Senva”
  • Vietnamese: “Kiryat Luza”
  • Vietnamese: “Kiryat Senva”

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include בית הכנסת הר גריזים and Samaritan Museum.

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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 “Kiryat Luza”. Photo: Daniel Ventura, CC BY-SA 4.0.