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Church of the Nativity
One of the oldest continuously operating churches in the world, built over the traditional birthplace of Jesus.
21 km · about 25 min drive
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Banī Na‘īm
West Bank, Palestine · Asia
About Banī Na‘īm
Banī Na‘īm works well as a base: 5 minutes from Al Buq‘ah, 22km from Ein Gedi Nature Reserve.
Banī Na‘īm is in West Bank, Palestine, with about 20,000 people. The nearest town is Al Buq‘ah, about 4 km away.
Bani Na'im (Arabic: بني نعيم, romanized: Banī Naʾīm, lit. 'children of bliss') is a town in the southern West Bank located 8 kilometers (5.0 mi) east of Hebron in the Hebron Governorate of Palestine. It is situated at a higher elevation than most localities in the area, with an altitude of 951 meters (3,120 ft). TheRead more
town is best known as the burial place of Lot, a fact already mentioned around 400 CE, when it was known as 'Caphar Barucha'. Following the Muslim conquest, its name was eventually Arabicized as Kafr al-Burayk. The tomb of Lot was turned into a mosque during Islamic rule and remained so under Crusader rule. Later, the Arab tribe of Bani Nu'aym settled there, giving the town its current name, Bani Na'im, first used by Muslim scholar Abd al-Ghani al-Nabulsi in 1690.
During the late 1930s, the population took part in the Arab Revolt against the British Mandate. Following the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, the town came under Jordanian rule. Since the 1967 Six-Day War, Bani Na'im has been occupied by Israel; since 1995, it has been governed by the Palestinian National Authority (PNA). In 2017 the town had a population of 24,628.
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Within an hour or so of Banī Na‘īm: Church of the Nativity (21 km), Ein Gedi Nature Reserve (22 km), Yad Vashem (29 km), Masada (29 km).
Are there any good drives near Banī Na‘īm?
The nearest famous roads are King's Highway, Scorpions Ascent (Ma'ale Akrabim) and Dana to Petra Trail.
Where is Banī Na‘īm?
Banī Na‘īm is in West Bank, Palestine, about 4 km from Al Buq‘ah.
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- Population
- 19,783
- Continent
- Asia
- Country
- Palestine
- Region
- West Bank
- Timezone
- Asia/Hebron
- Coordinates
- 31.5159, 35.1642
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Worth the detour from Banī Na‘īm
8 notable places within an hour's drive.
natural wonder
Ein Gedi Nature Reserve
A lush oasis of waterfalls, pools, and wildlife on the shores of the Dead Sea in the Judean Desert.
22 km · about 25 min drive
museum
Yad Vashem
Israel's official memorial to the Holocaust, with deeply moving exhibits and a striking modernist museum built into a mountainside.
29 km · about 35 min drive
ancient ruins
Masada
An ancient Roman fortress atop an isolated rock plateau overlooking the Dead Sea, site of the last Jewish stand against Rome in 73 CE.
29 km · about 35 min drive
cathedral
Church of the Holy Sepulchre
Christianity's holiest site, built on the traditional locations of Jesus's crucifixion and burial.
30 km · about 35 min drive
landmark
Jerusalem Old City
A walled sacred city of one square kilometer containing holy sites for Judaism, Christianity, and Islam within four historic quarters.
30 km · about 35 min drive
landmark
Western Wall (Wailing Wall)
The holiest site where Jews can pray, a 2,000-year-old limestone remnant of the Second Temple retaining wall in the Old City of Jerusalem.
30 km · about 35 min drive
landmark
Dome of the Rock
The iconic gold-domed Islamic shrine on the Temple Mount/Haram al-Sharif, built in 691 CE over the sacred Foundation Stone.
30 km · about 35 min drive
Driving roads near Banī Na‘īm
3 named roads, passes and coastal drives within 150km.
- 63 kmKing's HighwayOne of the world's oldest continuously used routes, winding 280 km from Madaba to Petra past Karak's crusader castle, Dana's cliffs and the mighty Wadi Mujib canyon.
- 69 kmScorpions Ascent (Ma'ale Akrabim)A serpentine 1950s road built over an ancient Nabataean-Roman trade route, snaking down the Negev cliffs toward the Arava with dizzying desert switchbacks.
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