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 Al-Aqsa Mosque and Gichon Spring.

Mosque
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The Aqsa Mosque, also known as the Qibli Mosque or Qibli Chapel, is the main congregational mosque or in the compound in the Old City of . is situated 420 metres north of City of David.

Spring
Photo: David Roberts (painter), Public domain.
Gihon Spring or Fountain of the Virgin, also known as Saint Mary's Pool, is a spring in the . It was the main source of water for the in Jebus and the later City of David, the original site of . is situated 140 metres northeast of City of David.

Synagogue
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The is an ancient retaining wall of the built-up hill known to Jews and Christians as the of Jerusalem. Its most famous section, known by the same name, often shortened by Jews to the Kotel or Kosel, is known in the West as the Wailing Wall, and in Arab world and Islamic world as the Buraq Wall. is situated 510 metres north of City of David.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Silwan and Maale HaZeitim.

Suburb
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or Siloam is a predominantly Palestinian district in , on the southeastern outskirts of the current Old City of Jerusalem. It was the source of water for the within larger boundaries of the ancient walled city of Jerusalem, mentioned in the Hebrew Bible and the New Testament.

Neighborhood
Ma'ale HaZeitim is a Jewish Israeli settlement in , located on the , near the Palestinian neighborhood of . In 2010, its inhabitants numbered some 250 people belonging to 50 families.

Neighborhood
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The is one of the four traditional quarters of the . The area lies in the southwestern sector of the walled city, and stretches from the Zion Gate in the south, along the on the west, up to the Street of the Chain in the north and extends to the and the in the east.

City of David

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
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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: “Davidovo Město”
  • Czech: “Město Davidovo”
  • Danish: “Davidsbyen”
  • Dutch: “Stad van David”
  • Dutch: “Wadi Hilweh”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “مدينة داود”
  • Esperanto: “Urbo de Davido”
  • French: “Cite de David”
  • French: “cité de David”
  • French: “Cité de david”
  • French: “Cité de David”
  • 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”
  • 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: “David Şehri”
  • Turkish: “Davut’un 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”
  • “Ir David”
  • “ʿIr Davīd”

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