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Church of the Holy Sepulchre
Christianity's holiest site, built on the traditional locations of Jesus's crucifixion and burial.
8 km · about 15 min drive
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Bīr Nabālā
West Bank, Palestine · Asia
About Bīr Nabālā
Bīr Nabālā works well as a base: 5 minutes from Givat Zeev, 40km from Dead Sea.
Bīr Nabālā is in West Bank, Palestine, with about 4,800 people. The nearest town is Givat Zeev, about 4 km away.
Bir Nabala (Arabic: بير نبالا; Hebrew: ביר נבאלא) is a Palestinian enclave town in the West Bank located eight kilometers northeast of Jerusalem, in Palestine. In mid-year 2006, it had an estimated population of 6,100 residents. By 2017, the population was 6,004 Three Bedouin tribes — Abu Dhak, Tel al ‘Adassa andRead more
Jahalin — live in Bir Nabala. Bir Nabala has a built-up area of 1,904 dunams, which combined with nearby al-Jib, Beit Hanina al Balad and al-Judeira form an enclave in the Seam Zone, walled in by the Israeli West Bank barrier.
The enclave as a whole is home to approximately 15,000 Palestinians. It is linked to Ramallah by underpasses and a road that is fenced on both sides. From the Biddu enclave, residents travel along a fenced road that passes under a bypass road to Bir Nabala enclave, then on a second underpass under Bypass Road 443 to Ramallah.
Prior to the construction of the barrier, Bir Nabala was a commercial center linking Jenin and Tulkarm with the Jerusalem area and the town contained about 600 shops and six tyre factories. In 2007, there were 180 shops and two tyre factories.
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What is there to see near Bīr Nabālā?
Within an hour or so of Bīr Nabālā: Church of the Holy Sepulchre (8 km), Yad Vashem (9 km), Jerusalem Old City (9 km), Western Wall (Wailing Wall) (9 km).
Are there any good drives near Bīr Nabālā?
The nearest famous roads are King's Highway, Scorpions Ascent (Ma'ale Akrabim) and Dana to Petra Trail.
Where is Bīr Nabālā?
Bīr Nabālā is in West Bank, Palestine, about 4 km from Givat Zeev.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 4,776
- Continent
- Asia
- Country
- Palestine
- Region
- West Bank
- Timezone
- Asia/Hebron
- Coordinates
- 31.8508, 35.2036
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Worth the detour from Bīr Nabālā
8 notable places within an hour's drive.
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Yad Vashem
Israel's official memorial to the Holocaust, with deeply moving exhibits and a striking modernist museum built into a mountainside.
9 km · about 15 min drive
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Jerusalem Old City
A walled sacred city of one square kilometer containing holy sites for Judaism, Christianity, and Islam within four historic quarters.
9 km · about 15 min drive
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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.
9 km · about 15 min drive
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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.
9 km · about 15 min drive
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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.
16 km · about 20 min drive
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Dead Sea
Earth's lowest point on land at 430 meters below sea level, with water so salty that swimmers float effortlessly on the surface.
40 km · about 45 min drive
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Ein Gedi Nature Reserve
A lush oasis of waterfalls, pools, and wildlife on the shores of the Dead Sea in the Judean Desert.
46 km · about 55 min drive
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