City of David

The City of David, known locally mostly in Arabic as Wadi Hilweh, is the name given to an archaeological site considered by most scholars to be the original settlement core of during the Bronze and Iron Ages.
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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Dome of the Rock and Gichon Spring.
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The Aqsa Mosque, also known as the Qibli Mosque… is situated 420 metres north of City of David.
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Gihon Spring or Fountain of the Virgin, also known… is situated 140 metres northeast of City of David.
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The is an ancient retaining wall of the… is situated 510 metres north of City of David.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Silwan and Maale HaZeitim.
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or Siloam is a predominantly Palestinian…
Ma'ale HaZeitim is a Jewish Israeli settlement…
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The is one of the four traditional quarters of the .

City of David

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Latitude
31.77242° or 31° 46′ 21″ north
Longitude
35.23576° or 35° 14′ 9″ east
Open location code
8G3QQ6CP+X8
Open­Street­Map ID
way 227363188
Open­Street­Map feature
landuse=­residential
Wiki­data ID
Q1177750

Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Yiddish—“City of David” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Stad van Dawid”
  • Albanian: “Qyteti i Davidit”
  • Arabic: “سلوان”
  • Arabic: “مدينة داود”
  • Armenian: “Դավթի քաղաք”
  • Asturian: “City of David”
  • Basque: “Daviden Hiria”
  • Belarusian: “Горад Давіда”
  • Belarusian: “Горад Давыда”
  • Bulgarian: “Давидов град”
  • Burmese: “ဒေးဗစ်မြို့”
  • Catalan: “Jebús”
  • Central Kurdish: “شاری داوود”
  • Chinese: “大卫城”
  • Chinese: “大衛城”
  • Czech: “Davidovo město”
  • Czech: “Město Davidovo”
  • Danish: “Davidsbyen”
  • Dutch: “Stad van David”
  • Dutch: “Wadi Hilweh”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “مدينة داود”
  • Esperanto: “Urbo de Davido”
  • French: “Cité de David”
  • French: “Ville de David”
  • Galician: “Cidade de David”
  • German: “Davidsstadt”
  • German: “Stadt Davids”
  • Greek: “Πόλη του Δαβίδ”
  • Gujarati: “ડેવિડ સિટી”
  • Haitian: “City of David”
  • Haitian: “Site David”
  • Hawaiian: “Kulanakauhale o Davida”
  • Hebrew: “יבוס (עיר)”
  • Hebrew: “כנסיית השילוח”
  • Hebrew: “עיר דוד”
  • Hebrew: “פיר וורן”
  • Hindi: “डेविड नगर”
  • Hindi: “दाऊदपुर”
  • Hungarian: “Dávid városa”
  • Indonesian: “Kota Daud”
  • Irish: “Cathair Dháiví”
  • Italian: “Città di David”
  • Italian: “Città di Davide”
  • Italian: “Sion”
  • Japanese: “ダビデの町”
  • Khmer: “បុរីព្រះបាទដាវីឌ”
  • Korean: “다윗성”
  • Kurdish: “Bajarê Dawidî”
  • Ladino: “Ir David”
  • Macedonian: “Давидов град”
  • Malagasy: “Tanànan’ i Davida”
  • Malay: “City Daud”
  • Malay: “Kota Daud”
  • Malayalam: “ദാവീദിന്റെ നഗരം”
  • Maori: “City o Rawiri”
  • Marathi: “दावीद नगरात”
  • Nepali: “दाऊदको शहर”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Davids by”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Davids by”
  • Persian: “شهر داوود”
  • Portuguese: “Cidade de Davi”
  • Portuguese: “Cidade de David”
  • Romanian: “Cetatea lui David”
  • Russian: “Город Давида”
  • Samoan: “Aai o Tavita”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Baile Dhaibhidh”
  • Serbian: “Град Давидов”
  • Serbian: “Давидов град”
  • Spanish: “Ciudad de David”
  • Spanish: “Jebús”
  • Swedish: “Davids stad”
  • Tamil: “தாவீதின் நகர்”
  • Telugu: “దావీదు పట్టణం”
  • Telugu: “దావీదు పట్టణమందు”
  • Turkish: “Davud Şehri”
  • Ukrainian: “Місто Давида”
  • Urdu: “شہر داؤد”
  • Vietnamese: “Thành phố của David”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Syudad han David”
  • Western Frisian: “Stêd fan David”
  • Yiddish: “עיר דוד”
  • “City of David archaeological site”

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