al-Auja
Al-Auja is a Palestinian town in the Jericho Governorate of the State of Palestine, in the eastern West Bank, located ten kilometers north of Jericho. The town has a total area of 107,905 dunams, however its built-up area comprises only 832 dunams.Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Village
- Description: municipality in Jericho
- Also known as: “Al ʻAwjā”, “Al-”Auja”, “Al-Auja”, “Al-Auja, Jericho”, and “al-Awja”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Na’aran and Yitav.
Na’aran
Village
Photo: Ranbar, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Na'aran, formerly known as Niran is an Israeli settlement organized as a kibbutz in the West Bank. Located in Area C of the Jordan Valley near Jericho, it falls under the jurisdiction of Bik'at HaYarden Regional Council.
Yitav
Village
Yitav is an Israeli settlement and moshav shitufi in the southern Jordan Valley of the West Bank. Located just north of Jericho and west of the Palestinian village of al-Auja, it falls under the jurisdiction of Bik'at HaYarden Regional Council. Yitav is situated 4 km west of al-Auja.
Na’ama
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Na'ama is an Israeli settlement organized as a moshav shitufi in the West Bank. Located in the Jordan Valley three kilometres north of Hisham's Palace, it falls under the jurisdiction of Bik'at HaYarden Regional Council. Na’ama is situated 4½ km south of al-Auja.
al-Auja
- Categories: town and locality
- Location: Jericho Governorate, West Bank, Palestine, Middle East, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
31.94904° or 31° 56′ 57″ northLongitude
35.46549° or 35° 27′ 56″ eastOpen location code
8G3QWFX8+J5OpenStreetMap ID
node 332792990OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageWikidata ID
Q2895271
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Polish—“al-Auja” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “العوجا، أريحا”
- Arabic: “العوجا”
- Arabic: “العوجا”
- Asturian: “Al-Auja”
- Catalan: “Al-Auja”
- Czech: “al-Audža”
- Dutch: “Al-Auja”
- Egyptian Arabic: “العوجا”
- Finnish: “Al-Auja (Jeriko)”
- Finnish: “Al-Auja”
- French: “Al-Auja”
- Hebrew: “אל-עוג’ה א-תחתא”
- Hebrew: “אל-עווג’א”
- Hebrew: “עוג’ה א-תחתא”
- Japanese: “アル・アウジャ”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Al-Auja i Jeriko”
- Persian: “العوجا”
- Polish: “Al-Audża”
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