Ramat Eshkol
Ramat Eshkol is an Israeli settlement and neighborhood in northern East Jerusalem. It was built on land captured from Jordan in the Six-Day War and occupied by Israel since 1967, and was the first settlement built in East Jerusalem beyond the Green Line by Israel.- Type: Suburb with 3,570 residents
- Description: neighbourhood in Jerusalem
- Also known as: “Ramot Eshkol”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Tombs of the Sanhedrin and Ammunition Hill.
Tombs of the Sanhedrin
Tombs of the Sanhedrin, also Tombs of the Judges, is an underground complex of 63 rock-cut tombs located in a public park in the northern Jerusalem neighborhood of Sanhedria.Ammunition Hill
Battlefield
Photo: Deror avi, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Ammunition Hill was a fortified Jordanian military post in the northern part of Jordanian-ruled East Jerusalem and the western slope of Mount Scopus. It was the site of one of the fiercest battles of the Six-Day War.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Sanhedria and Sanhedria Murhevet.
Sanhedria
Suburb
Photo: Nettadi, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Sanhedria is a neighborhood in northern Jerusalem. It lies east of Golda Meir Street, adjacent to Ramat Eshkol, Shmuel HaNavi, Maalot Dafna and the Sanhedria Cemetery.
Sanhedria Murhevet
Suburb
Sanhedria HaMurhevet is a Haredi neighborhood in Jerusalem. Its name translates as "expanded Sanhedria". The neighborhood was founded in 1970 as a northern expansion of Sanhedria.
Givat HaMivtar
Suburb
Photo: Agmonsnir, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Givat HaMivtar is an Israeli settlement and a neighborhood in East Jerusalem established in 1970 between Ramat Eshkol and French Hill. It is located on a hill where an important battle took place in the Six Day War.
Ramat Eshkol
- Categories: Judea and Samaria community, neighborhood, and locality
- Location: Jerusalem District, Israel, Middle East, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
31.80179° or 31° 48′ 6″ northLongitude
35.22288° or 35° 13′ 22″ eastPopulation
3,570Open location code
8G3QR62F+P5OpenStreetMap ID
node 278469824OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburbWikidata ID
Q2778124
This page is based on OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, Wikimedia Commons, and Wikipedia.
We’d love your help improving our open data sources. Thank you for contributing.
Satellite Map
Discover Ramat Eshkol from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Arabic to Yiddish—“Ramat Eshkol” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “رامات إشكول”
- Czech: “Ramat Eshkol”
- Czech: “Ramat Eškol”
- Dutch: “Ramat Eshkol”
- French: “Ramat Eshkol”
- German: “Ramat Eshkol”
- Hebrew: “רמות אשכול”
- Hebrew: “רמת אשכול”
- Indonesian: “Ramat Eshkol”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Ramat Eshkol”
- Norwegian: “Ramat Eshkol”
- Persian: “رامات اشکول”
- Turkish: “Ramat Eşkol”
- Yiddish: “רמת אשכול”
Places with the Same Name
Discover other places named “Ramat Eshkol”.
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Ma’alot Dafna and Tel Arza.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Ahavat Israel Synagoge and Rana Kassen Highschool.
Israel: Must-Visit Destinations
Delve into Tel Aviv, Carmel Range, Haifa, and Nazareth.
Curious Suburbs to Discover
Uncover intriguing suburbs from every corner of the globe.