Ofer Penitentiary

Ofer Prison, formerly officially known as Incarceration Facility 385, is an Israeli military incarceration facility in the Israeli-occupied , between and .
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  • Type: Prison
  • Description: Israeli military prison in the occupied West Bank
  • Also known as: “Incarceration Facility 385” and “Ofer Prison”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Jerusalem Airport and Mahmoud Darwish Museum (Al-Birweh Park).

Aerodrome
Photo: Ehudg, Public domain.
Jerusalem International Airport was a regional airport located in the city of . When it was opened in 1925, it was the first airport in the British Mandate for Palestine. is situated 3½ km east of Ofer Penitentiary.

Park
Photo: Hadi Hijjawi, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is situated 2½ km northeast of Ofer Penitentiary.

Archaeological site
Photo: דניאל צבי, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Tell en-Nasbeh, possibly the biblical city of Mizpah, is a 3.2 hectare tell located on a low plateau 12 kilometers northwest of in the . is situated 3½ km northeast of Ofer Penitentiary.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Rafat and Giv’at Ze’ev.

Village
Photo: יעקב, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a Palestinian town in the Jerusalem Governorate of the State of Palestine, located approximately 4 km southwest of the city of in the central .

Town
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.5.
Giv'at Ze'ev is an urban Israeli settlement in the , five kilometers northwest of . The settlement was founded in 1977 on the site of the abandoned Jordanian military camp, adjacent to the site of ancient Gibeon.

Town
Photo: Mahmood moutan, CC BY-SA 4.0.
, also Bitunya, is a Palestinian city located 3 kilometers west of and 14 kilometers north of , in the of , in the central .

Ofer Penitentiary

Latitude
31.8722° or 31° 52′ 20″ north
Longitude
35.18125° or 35° 10′ 53″ east
Open location code
8G3QV5CJ+VG
Open­Street­Map ID
way 528524127
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­prison
Open­Street­Map feature
landuse=­military
Wiki­data ID
Q7078867
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Spanish—“Ofer Penitentiary” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “سجن عوفر”
  • Arabic: “عوفر”
  • Catalan: “Centre de reclusió 385”
  • Catalan: “Presó d’Ofer”
  • Chinese: “奧佛爾監獄”
  • Dutch: “Ofer Prison”
  • Dutch: “Ofer-gevangenis”
  • French: “prison d’Ofer”
  • French: “Prison d’Ofer”
  • Hebrew: “בית סוהר עופר”
  • Hebrew: “כלא עופר”
  • Hebrew: “מחנה עופר”
  • Hebrew: “מתקן כליאה 385”
  • Persian: “زندان عوفر”
  • Slovenian: “zapor Ofer”
  • Spanish: “Carcel de Ofer”
  • Spanish: “Cárcel de Ofer”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Camp Ofer and קריית המשפט עופר.

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