Shay district headquarters

Shay district headquarters is a police station in West Bank, Palestine. Shay district headquarters is situated nearby to the locality E1 (West Bank), as well as near the archaeological site Watch Tower.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Monastery of Martyrius and Yeshivat Birkat Moshe.

Monastery of Martyrius

Archaeological site

Monastery of Martyrius, whose ruins, known as Khirbet el-Murassas in Arabic, have been excavated in the centre of the West Bank settlement and city of Ma'ale Adumim, was one of the most important centres of monastic life in the Judean Desert during the Byzantine period. Monastery of Martyrius is situated 2½ km south of Shay district headquarters.

Yeshivat Birkat Moshe

School

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Yeshivat Birkat Moshe is a hesder yeshiva located in the Mitzpeh Nevo neighborhood of the Israeli settlement, Ma'ale Adumim. It was founded in 1977 by Haim Sabato and Yitzchak Sheilat, then two young rabbis from Yeshivat HaKotel, in Jerusalem. Yeshivat Birkat Moshe is situated 1¼ km southeast of Shay district headquarters.

Khirbet Almit

Peak

Khirbet Almit is an archaeological site in the West Bank, occupied from the Middle Bronze Age to the Ottoman period. It is located in the Judaean Desert about 4 km northeast of Mount Scopus and about 1.5 km northeast of 'Anata. Khirbet Almit is situated 3½ km northwest of Shay district headquarters.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include E1 (West Bank) and Az-Za’ayyem.

E1 (West Bank)

Locality

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E1, also called the E1 area, E1 zone or E1 corridor, is an area of the Israeli-occupied West Bank within the municipal boundary of the Israeli settlement of Ma'ale Adumim.

Az-Za’ayyem

Village

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az-Za'ayyem is a Palestinian village in the Jerusalem Governorate, located 3 kilometers east of Jerusalem in the central West Bank. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the village had a population of 6,270 in 2017. Az-Za’ayyem is situated 2½ km southwest of Shay district headquarters.