Attara
'Atara is a Palestinian village in the Ramallah and al-Bireh Governorate, located 15 kilometers north of Ramallah in the central West Bank. It is situated along a mountain ridge line with four peaks and is built upon the second highest point in the West Bank at 810 meters above sea level.Photo: Mahmood moutan, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Village with 2,270 residents
- Description: Palestinian village
- Also known as: “‘Atara”, “’Atara”, “A’tara”, and “Atara”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Church of the Virgin Sultana Peace.
Church of the Virgin Sultana Peace
Church
Photo: Osps7, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Church of the Virgin Sultana Peace is situated 3½ km south of Attara.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Rawabi and Ateret.
Rawabi
Village
Photo: Djex93, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Rawabi is the first planned city built for and by Palestinians in the West Bank, and is hailed as a "flagship Palestinian enterprise." Rawabi is located near Birzeit and Ramallah.
Ateret
Village
Photo: Sir Shurf, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Ateret is an Israeli settlement organized as a community settlement in the West Bank. Located in the municipal jurisdiction of the Mateh Binyamin Regional Council, it is located on a hilltop, at an elevation of 760 metres. Ateret is situated 3 km west of Attara.
Abwein
Village
Photo: Khalid abuali, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Abwein is a Palestinian village in the Ramallah and al-Bireh Governorate of the State of Palestine, located about 37 kilometers north of Ramallah, in the northern West Bank. Abwein is situated 3½ km north of Attara.
Attara
- Categories: town and locality
- Location: West Bank, Palestine, Middle East, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
32.00305° or 32° 0′ 11″ northLongitude
35.20721° or 35° 12′ 26″ eastPopulation
2,270Open location code
8G4Q2634+6VOpenStreetMap ID
node 333120032OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageWikidata ID
Q753489
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Urdu—“Attara” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “عطارة”
- Arabic: “عطاره”
- Catalan: “‘Atara”
- Catalan: “’Atara”
- Dutch: “‘Atara”
- Egyptian Arabic: “عطاره”
- French: “‘Atara”
- French: “’Atara”
- French: “Atara”
- German: “Atara (Palästina)”
- German: “Atara”
- Hebrew: “עטארה”
- Indonesian: “‘Atara”
- Indonesian: “’Atara”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “‘Atara”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “’Atara”
- Polish: “Atara”
- Urdu: “عطارہ”
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