Tell Dothan
Dothan is a location mentioned twice in the Hebrew Bible. It has been identified with Tell Dothan, also known as Tell al-Hafireh, located adjacent to the Palestinian town of Bir al-Basha, and ten kilometers southwest of Jenin in the West Bank, near Dotan Junction of Route 60.Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
- Type: Ruins
- Description: biblical city and archaeological site
- Also known as: “Dothan” and “Tel Dothan”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bir al-Basha and Mirka.
Bir al-Basha
Village
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Bir al-Basha is a Palestinian village in the West Bank, located 15 km southwest of the city of Jenin in the northern West Bank. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the town had a population of 1,307 inhabitants in mid-year 2006 and 1,725 by 2017.
Mirka
Village
Mirka is a Palestinian village in the West Bank, located 12 km Southwest of the city of Jenin in the northern West Bank. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the town had a population of 1,555 inhabitants in mid-year 2006 and 2,203 by 2017.
Arabah
Town
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Arraba, also Arrabah, Arrabeh or Arrabet Jenin, is a Palestinian town in the northern West Bank located 12 kilometers southwest of Jenin and has an elevation of 350 meters above sea level. Arabah is situated 3½ km west of Tell Dothan.
Tell Dothan
- Categories: archaeological site, biblical place, and historic site
- Location: West Bank, Palestine, Middle East, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
32.4127° or 32° 24′ 46″ northLongitude
35.23832° or 35° 14′ 18″ eastOpen location code
8G4QC67Q+38OpenStreetMap ID
way 288287803OpenStreetMap feature
historic=ruinsWikidata ID
Q2916407
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Urdu—“Tell Dothan” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “تل دوثان”
- Bulgarian: “Дотан (Палестина)”
- Bulgarian: “Дотан”
- Catalan: “Dotan”
- Dutch: “Dothan”
- French: “Dothan”
- German: “Dotan”
- German: “Dothan”
- Hebrew: “דותן”
- Hebrew: “דֹתָן”
- Hebrew: “תל דותן”
- Indonesian: “Dotan”
- Persian: “تل دوتان”
- Polish: “Dotan”
- Portuguese: “Dotã”
- Russian: “Дотан”
- Spanish: “Dotán”
- Tagalog: “Dotain”
- Tagalog: “Dotan”
- Tagalog: “Dotán”
- Urdu: “تل دوثان”
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