Har Bracha
Har Bracha is a village in West Bank, Palestine and has about 2,500 residents. Har Bracha is situated nearby to the village Berakha, as well as near Kafr Qallil.Places of Interest
Highlights include Mount Gerizim and Bi’er Yacoub.
Mount Gerizim
Peak
Photo: יאיר דב, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Mount Gerizim is one of two mountains near the Palestinian city of Nablus and the biblical city of Shechem, located in the north of Palestine’s West Bank.
Bi’er Yacoub
Church
Photo: Jkgarrett17, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Jacob's Well, also known as Jacob's Fountain or the Well of Sychar, is a Christian holy site located in Balata village, a suburb of the Palestinian city of Nablus in the West Bank. Bi’er Yacoub is situated 2½ km northeast of Har Bracha.
Joseph’s Tomb
Synagogue
Photo: David Roberts (painter), Public domain.
Joseph's Tomb is a funerary monument located in Balata village at the eastern entrance to the valley that separates Mounts Gerizim and Ebal, 300 m northwest of Jacob's Well, on the outskirts of the West Bank city of Nablus. Joseph’s Tomb is situated 3 km northeast of Har Bracha.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Berakha and Kafr Qallil.
Berakha
Village
Photo: יאיר דב, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Har Brakha, more commonly spelled Har Bracha is an Israeli settlement located on the southern ridge of Mount Gerizim at an elevation of 870 metres above sea level, in the West Bank's Samarian Mountains, near the Palestinian city of Nablus.
Kafr Qallil
Village
Photo: Meronim, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Kafr Qallil is a Palestinian town in the Nablus Governorate of the State of Palestine, in the northern West Bank. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the town had a population of 3,029 inhabitants in 2017.
Kiryat Luza
Village
Photo: Daniel Ventura, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Kiryat Luza is a village situated on Mount Gerizim near the city of Nablus in the West Bank. It is within Area B of the West Bank, and as a result is under the joint control of Israel and the Palestinian National Authority, and is the only remaining site populated wholly by Samaritans.
Har Bracha
- Type: Village with 2,500 residents
- Categories: residential area and locality
- Location: West Bank, Palestine, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
32.19329° or 32° 11′ 36″ northLongitude
35.26485° or 35° 15′ 54″ eastPopulation
2,500Open location code
8G4Q57V7+8WOpenStreetMap ID
way 78495348OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=residentialOpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Hebrew—“Har Bracha” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “هار براخا”
- French: “Har Bracha”
- Hebrew: “הר ברכה”
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