Old City

Old City is a suburb in . Old City is situated nearby to , as well as near .

Places of Interest

Highlights include Cave of the Patriarchs and Hebron/Al-Khalil Old Town.

Photo: Djampa, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The or Tomb of the Patriarchs, known to Jews by its Biblical name Cave of Machpelah and to Muslims as the Ibrahami Mosque, or Sanctuary of Ibrahim, is a series of caves situated in the heart of the in the , 30 kilometres south of .

Protected area
Photo: Eman, Public domain.
The Old City of Hebron is the historic city centre of . The Hebron of antiquity is thought by archaeologists to have originally started elsewhere, at Tel Rumeida, which is approximately 200 meters west of today's Old City, and thought to have originally been a Canaanite city.

Synagogue
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a synagogue.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kiryat Arba and Hebron.

Village
or Qiryat Arba is an urban Israeli settlement on the outskirts of , in the southern Israeli-occupied . Founded in 1968, in 2024 it had a population of 7,698.

Photo: Extua, CC BY 3.0.
is an ancient city in the southern . It is the traditional burial place of the Biblical patriarchs Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and their wives.

Village
, also spelled Al 'Uddeisa, is a Palestinian village located four kilometers east of .The village is a locality of , in the Southern . is situated 3½ km east of Old City.

Old City

Latitude
31.52477° or 31° 31′ 29″ north
Longitude
35.10756° or 35° 6′ 27″ east
Open location code
8G3QG4F5+W2
Open­Street­Map ID
node 2713801471
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­suburb
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Spanish—“Old City” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “المدينة القديمة”
  • French: “l’ancienne ville”
  • German: “Altstadt”
  • Hebrew: “עיר עתיקה”
  • Italian: “Città vecchia”
  • Romanian: “Orașul vechi”
  • Spanish: “Ciudad Vieja”

Places with the Same Name

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Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Avraham Avinu Neighborhood and Al- Akrad neighborhood.

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