Dir Qala
Dir Qala is an archaeological site in West Bank, Palestine. Dir Qala is situated nearby to the archaeological site Pool, as well as near Ancient Stone Quarry.- Type: Archaeological site
- Description: Archaeological site in Palestine
- Also known as: “Dir-Qala”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Deir Samaan.
Deir Samaan
Photo: Basem mosa, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Deir Samaan is an archaeological site in the Palestinian town of Kafr ad-Dik, in the Salfit Governorate of the State of Palestine, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank. Deir Samaan is situated 1¼ km northeast of Dir Qala.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Peduel and Leshem.
Peduel
Village
Photo: מיכאלי, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Peduel is an Israeli settlement in the West Bank. Located about 10 kilometres from the Palestinian city of Burqin, 25 kilometres east of Tel Aviv and adjacent to Alei Zahav, Beit Aryeh-Ofarim and Brukhin, it is organised as a community settlement and falls under the jurisdiction of Shomron Regional Council.
Leshem
Village
Photo: Dvirraz, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Leshem is an Israeli settlement in the West Bank. It is located on Route 446, about 13 km west of the Palestinian city of Salfit and about 37 km northwest of Jerusalem, in the Palestinian side of the Israeli West Bank barrier.
Deir Ballut
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Deir Ballut is a Palestinian town in the Salfit Governorate in the northern West Bank, 41 kilometers south west of Nablus. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, it had a population of 3,873 in 2017.
Dir Qala
- Categories: historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: West Bank, Palestine, Middle East, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
32.0582° or 32° 3′ 30″ northLongitude
35.04455° or 35° 2′ 40″ eastOpen location code
8G4Q325V+7ROpenStreetMap ID
node 5870939416OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_siteWikidata ID
Q6983511
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Hebrew—“Dir Qala” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “دير قلعة”
- German: “Deir Qalʿa”
- Hebrew: “דיר קלעה”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Pool and Ancient Stone Quarry.
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