Mount Zion

Jerusalem is the largest city of Israel. Israel claims it as its capital and a few countries including the United States recognize that claim, but most other countries and the United Nations do not.
  • Suburb
  • …lies at an elevation of around 770 metres (2,510 feet)
  • Description: hill in Jerusalem
  • Also known as
    “Sion”
    “Zion”

Places of Interest

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Synagogue
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Places in the Area

Nearby places include Yemin Moshe and Armenian Quarter.
Neighborhood
is a historic neighborhood in , overlooking the Old City.
Neighborhood
The is one of the four sectors of the walled Old City of .
Neighborhood
The is one of the four traditional quarters of the .
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Latitude
31.77073° or 31° 46′ 15″ north
Longitude
35.22902° or 35° 13′ 45″ east
Open location code
8G3QQ6CH+7J
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Open­Street­Map feature
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yiddish—“Mount Zion” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “جبل صهيون”
  • Armenian: “Սիոն”
  • Azerbaijani: “Sion dağı”
  • Basque: “Sion Mendia”
  • Basque: “Sion”
  • Belarusian: “гара Сіён”
  • Breton: “Menez Sion”
  • Bulgarian: “Цион”
  • Catalan: “Mont Sió”
  • Catalan: “Mont Sion”
  • Cebuano: “Mount Zion”
  • Central Bikol: “Bukid Sion”
  • Chinese: “郇山”
  • Chinese: “錫安山”
  • Chinese: “锡安山”
  • Chuvash: “Сион”
  • Croatian: “Cion (planina)”
  • Croatian: “Cion”
  • Czech: “Sijón”
  • Danish: “Zion-bjerget”
  • Danish: “Zions bjerg”
  • Dutch: “Berg Sion”
  • Dutch: “Berg Zion”
  • Dutch: “Mount Zion”
  • Dutch: “Sion”
  • Dutch: “Sionsberg”
  • Dutch: “Zion”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “جبل صهيون”
  • Finnish: “Siioninvuori”
  • French: “Mont Sion”
  • French: “Sion”
  • Galician: “Monte Sión”
  • Georgian: “სიონის მთა”
  • German: “Berg Zion”
  • German: “Zionsberg”
  • Greek: “Όρος Σιών”
  • Hebrew: “הר ציון”
  • Hungarian: “Sion-hegy”
  • Ido: “Monto Cion”
  • Indonesian: “Gunung Sion”
  • Irish: “Sliabh Shíón”
  • Irish: “Sliabh Zion”
  • Italian: “Monte Sion”
  • Italian: “Sion”
  • Japanese: “シオンの山”
  • Khmer: “ភ្នំស៊ីយ៉ូន”
  • Korean: “시온산”
  • Ladino: “Monte Sion”
  • Latin: “Sion”
  • Lithuanian: “Sionas”
  • Macedonian: “Сионска Гора”
  • Malagasy: “Ziôna”
  • Malay: “Gunung Sahyun”
  • Mazanderani: “مونته سیاو”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Sionfjellet”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Sionfjellet”
  • Norwegian: “Sionfjellet”
  • Persian: “کوه صهیون”
  • Polish: “Syjon”
  • Polish: “Wzgórze Syjon”
  • Portuguese: “Monte Sião”
  • Romanian: “Muntele Sion”
  • Russian: “гора Сион”
  • Russian: “Сион (гора)”
  • Russian: “Сион”
  • Serbian: “Sionska gora”
  • Serbian: “Сионска гора”
  • Slovenian: “Sion”
  • Slovenian: “Zion”
  • South Azerbaijani: “صهیون داغی”
  • Spanish: “Monte de Sion”
  • Spanish: “Monte Sión”
  • Swedish: “Sion”
  • Tagalog: “Bundok Sion”
  • Tamil: “சீயோன் மலை”
  • Thai: “ภูเขาศิโยน”
  • Turkish: “Siyon Dağı”
  • Turkish: “Zion Dağı”
  • Ukrainian: “Сіон”
  • Urdu: “صہیون پہاڑی”
  • Vietnamese: “Núi Sion”
  • Vietnamese: “Núi Zion”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Bukid Sion”
  • Welsh: “Mynydd Seion”
  • Welsh: “Seion”
  • Western Panjabi: “صیہون پعاڑ”
  • Western Panjabi: “صیہون پہاڑ”
  • Yiddish: “הר ציון”

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