Qaser Hisham
Qaser Hisham is a suburb in Palestine. Qaser Hisham is situated nearby to the suburb Alshiakh Sabah, as well as near Al-Samad.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Hisham’s Palace and Tell es-Sultan.
Hisham’s Palace
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Hisham's Palace, also known as Khirbat al-Mafjar, is an important early Islamic archaeological site in the city of Jericho, in the West Bank in Palestine.
Tell es-Sultan
Archaeological site
Photo: Fullo88, Public domain.
Tell es-Sultan, also known as Tel Jericho or Ancient Jericho, is an archaeological site and a UNESCO World Heritage Site in Palestine, in the city of Jericho, consisting of the remains of the oldest fortified city in the world.
Mount of Temptation
Peak
Photo: Tango7174, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Mount of Temptation, in Palestinian Arabic Jebel Quruntul, is a mountain over the city of Jericho in the West Bank; ancient Christian tradition identifies it as the location of the temptation of Jesus described in the New Testament Gospels of Matthew, Mark, and Luke, in which it is said that, from "a high place", the Devil offered Jesus rule over all the kingdoms of the world. Mount of Temptation is situated 3½ km west of Qaser Hisham.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Jericho and An-Nuway’imah.
Jericho
Jericho, the "City of Palms", is a small city within the Palestinian Territories close to the northern end of Dead Sea and some 55 km from Jerusalem.
An-Nuway’imah
Suburb
al-Nuway'imah is a Palestinian village in the Jericho Governorate in the eastern West Bank, located five kilometers north of Jericho. It is situated in a low elevation below sea level in the central Jordan Valley.
Ein Alsultan Refugee Camp
Village
Photo: James Emery, CC BY 2.0.
ʿEin es-Sulṭān camp, or ʿEin Sultan camp, is a refugee camp in the Jericho Governorate of the State of Palestine, in the Jordan Valley, in the eastern West Bank.
Qaser Hisham
- Type: Suburb
- Category: locality
- Location: Palestine, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
31.86593° or 31° 51′ 57″ northLongitude
35.46686° or 35° 28′ 1″ eastOpen location code
8G3QVF88+9POpenStreetMap ID
node 432336282OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburb
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to French—“Qaser Hisham” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “قصر هشام”
- French: “Kasr Hisham”
Localities in the Area
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