Tel Tsiyon

Tel Zion is a Haredi Israeli settlement in the West Bank. Located near Kokhav Ya'akov, it falls under the jurisdiction of Mateh Binyamin Regional Council.

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Type: Village with 6,000 residents
Description: Haredi neighborhood in Kokhav Yaakov
Also known as: “Tel Tsiyyon” and “Tel Zion”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Yeshivat Hekhal Eliyahu and Qalandia Airport.

Yeshivat Hekhal Eliyahu

College

Photo: יוסף לברן, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Yeshivat Hekhal Eliyahu is a college.

Jerusalem International Airport was a regional airport located in the city of Jerusalem. When it was opened in 1925, it was the first airport in the British Mandate for Palestine. Qalandia Airport is situated 2½ km southwest of Tel Tsiyon.

Tel A-Nasbe

Archaeological site

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Tell en-Nasbeh, possibly the biblical city of Mizpah, is a 3.2 hectare tell located on a low plateau 12 kilometers northwest of Jerusalem in the West Bank.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kokhav Ya’akov and Qalandiya Refugee Camp.

Kokhav Ya’akov

Village

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Kokhav Ya'akov is a religious Israeli settlement organized as a community settlement in the West Bank. Located near the Palestinian town of al-Bireh, it is administered by Mateh Binyamin Regional Council.

Qalandiya Refugee Camp

Town

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Qalandia Camp is a Palestinian refugee camp established in 1949 by the Red Cross on land leased from Jordan. It covers 353 dunums as of 2006 and had a population of 8,336 in 2017.