Silwad

Silwad is a Palestinian town located north-east of Ramallah, about 5 km away from the Nablus-Jerusalem highway of the West Bank, in the State of Palestine.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Tall Asur and Amona.

Tall Asur

Peak

Photo: Deror avi, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Tall Asur, (Hebrew: Ba'al-hazor, is an irregularly shaped plateau, marking the geographical boundary between Samaria to its north and Judea to its south.

Amona was an Israeli outpost in the central West Bank. Located on a hill overlooking Ofra within the municipal boundaries of the Mateh Binyamin Regional Council, the village was founded in 1995 on privately owned Palestinian land. Amona is situated 3 km southeast of Silwad.

Taybeh Brewery

Building

Photo: Sicherlich, CC BY 3.0.

Taybeh Brewery is a brewery founded in 1994 in the West Bank village of Taybeh, 35 kilometres north of Jerusalem, by Nadim Khoury and his brother David, members of the local Palestinian Christian community. Taybeh Brewery is situated 4 km southeast of Silwad.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Yabrud and Ofra.

Yabrud

Village

Photo: Soman, CC BY-SA 2.5.

Yabrud is a Palestinian village in the Ramallah and al-Bireh Governorate in the central West Bank. It is located approximately 13 km northeast of the city of Ramallah and its elevation is 790 m.

Ofra

Village

Photo: יעקב, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Ofra is an Israeli settlement located in the northern Israeli-occupied West Bank. Located on the main road between Jerusalem and Nablus, it falls under the jurisdiction of Mateh Binyamin Regional Council. Ofra is situated 2½ km south of Silwad.

Silwad

Type: Residential area
Address: سلواد
Location: Ramallah and al-Bireh Governorate, West Bank, Palestine, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude

31.97698° or 31° 58′ 37″ north

Longitude

35.26382° or 35° 15′ 50″ east

Open location code

8G3QX7G7+QG

OpenStreetMap ID

way 316765807

OpenStreetMap feature

landuse=residential

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