Kiryat Arba
Kiryat Arba is a village in Hebron, West Bank. Kiryat Arba is situated nearby to the neighborhood חברון, as well as near the suburb Giv’at HaAvot.Places of Interest
Highlights include Cave of the Patriarchs and Hebron/Al-Khalil Old Town.
Cave of the Patriarchs
Photo: Djampa, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Cave of the Patriarchs or Tomb of the Patriarchs, known to Jews by its Biblical name Cave of Machpelah and to Muslims as the Ibrahami Mosque, or Sanctuary of Ibrahim, is a series of caves situated in the heart of the Old City of Hebron in the West Bank, 30 kilometres south of Jerusalem.
Hebron/Al-Khalil Old Town
Protected area
Photo: Eman, Public domain.
The Old City of Hebron is the historic city centre of Hebron. The Hebron of antiquity is thought by archaeologists to have originally started elsewhere, at Tel Rumeida, which is approximately 200 meters west of today's Old City, and thought to have originally been a Canaanite city.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kiryat Arba and Al-Uddeisa.
Kiryat Arba
Village
Kiryat Arba or Qiryat Arba is an urban Israeli settlement on the outskirts of Hebron, in the southern Israeli-occupied West Bank. Founded in 1968, in 2024 it had a population of 7,698.
Al-Uddeisa
Village
al-Uddeisa, also spelled Al 'Uddeisa, is a Palestinian village located four kilometers east of Hebron.The village is a locality of Sa'ir, in the Hebron Governorate Southern West Bank.
Hebron
Kiryat Arba
- Type: Village
- Categories: residential area and locality
- Location: Hebron, West Bank, Palestine, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
31.52908° or 31° 31′ 45″ northLongitude
35.1197° or 35° 7′ 11″ eastOpen location code
8G3QG4H9+JVOpenStreetMap ID
way 94721711OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=residentialOpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Hebrew—“Kiryat Arba” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “كريات أربع”
- French: “Kiryat Arba”
- Hebrew: “קרית ארבע”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Kiryat Arba Townhall and Land of Judea Antiquities Museum.
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