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Jerusalem Biblical Zoo

The Tisch Family Biblical Zoo in Jerusalem, popularly known as the Jerusalem Biblical Zoo, is a zoo located in the neighborhood of . It is famous for its Afro-Asiatic collection of wildlife, many of which are described in the Hebrew Bible, as well as for its success in breeding endangered species.
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  • Type: Zoo
  • Description: zoo in Jerusalem
  • Also known as: “Tisch Family Zoological Gardens”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Israel Aquarium and Jerusalem Biblical Zoo railway station.

Zoo
Photo: התו השמיני, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Gottesman Family is a public aquarium in , that was opened on June 19, 2017. The aquarium focuses on Israel's marine environment - the Red Sea, the Mediterranean Sea, the , and the . is situated 380 metres southwest of Jerusalem Biblical Zoo.

Railway station
Photo: Ranbar, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Jerusalem–Biblical Zoo railway station is a defunct Israel Railways station on the Jaffa-Jerusalem railway, located in the southwestern part of the city next to the Jerusalem Biblical Zoo. is situated 770 metres east of Jerusalem Biblical Zoo.

Railway station
Photo: Dindia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Jerusalem–Malha railway station was one of two Israel Railways termini in , the other being Jerusalem–Yitzhak Navon railway station. The station is located in the southern neighborhood of , across from the Jerusalem Shopping Mall, and . is situated 1½ km east of Jerusalem Biblical Zoo.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Givat Massuah and Ir Ganim.

Suburb
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is a new neighborhood in the southwest outskirts of , overlooking and the Rekhes Lavan valley. It has a population of 1,100 families, mainly secular and Orthodox Jews.

Suburb
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is a neighborhood in southwest , bordering .

Suburb
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is a neighborhood in southwest , between Pat, and Kiryat Hayovel in the Valley of Rephaim. Before 1948, was an Arab village known as al-Maliha.

Jerusalem Biblical Zoo

Latitude
31.74652° or 31° 44′ 48″ north
Longitude
35.17021° or 35° 10′ 13″ east
Open location code
8G3QP5WC+J3
Open­Street­Map ID
way 40608743
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­zoo
Wiki­data ID
Q2915736
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yiddish—“Jerusalem Biblical Zoo” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “الحديقة الحيوان الأنجيلي في القدس”
  • Arabic: “حديقة الحيوان الأنجيلية في أورشليم القدس”
  • Arabic: “حديقة الحيوان الأنجيلية في القدس”
  • Arabic: “حديقة الحيوان الإنجيلية في أورشليم القدس”
  • Arabic: “حديقة الحيوان الكتابية في القدس”
  • Arabic: “حديقه الحيوان الكتابيه في أورشليم القدس”
  • Armenian: “Երուսաղեմի բիբլիական կենդանաբանական այգի”
  • Armenian: “Երուսաղեմի Բիբլիական կենդանաբանական այգի”
  • Catalan: “Zoològic Bíblic de Jerusalem”
  • Chinese: “耶路撒冷圣经动物园”
  • Chinese: “耶路撒冷聖經動物園”
  • Dutch: “Jerusalem Biblical Zoo”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “جنينة الحيوانات الكتابيه فى القدس”
  • Esperanto: “Zoologia ĝardeno de Jerusalemo”
  • Finnish: “Jerusalemin raamatullinen eläintarha”
  • French: “Parc zoologique de Jérusalem”
  • French: “zoo biblique de Jérusalem”
  • French: “Zoo biblique de Jérusalem”
  • French: “Zoo de Jérusalem”
  • German: “Biblischer Zoo Jerusalem”
  • Hebrew: “גן החיות התנ’כי בירושלים על שם משפחת טיש”
  • Hebrew: “גן החיות התנ’כי”
  • Hebrew: “גן החיות התנ"כי”
  • Hebrew: “גן החיות התנכ’י”
  • Hebrew: “גן החיות התנכי”
  • Japanese: “エルサレム聖書動物園”
  • Ladino: “Zoológico bíblico de Jerusalén”
  • Portuguese: “Zoológico Bíblico de Jerusalém”
  • Russian: “Иерусалимский библейский зоопарк”
  • Spanish: “Zoologico biblico de Jerusalen”
  • Spanish: “Zoológico bíblico de Jerusalén”
  • Turkish: “Kudüs Hayvanat Bahçesi”
  • Yiddish: “גן החיות התנ’כי”
  • Yiddish: “גן החיות התנ"כי”

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Highlights include Wolves and Bible Land Wildlife Preserve.

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