Ariel University

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Ariel University, previously a public college known as the Ariel University Center of Samaria, is an Israeli university located in the Israeli settlement of Ariel in the West Bank. ()

Local name: אוניברסיטת אריאל בשומרון Established: 1982 (42 years ago)Coordinates: 32°6'17"N, 35°12'24"E

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West BankIsrael

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Ariel University – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Shiloh, Timnath-heres, Tomb of Joshua, Shiloh.

5.9 miSE
City, Historic walking areas, Historical place
Shiloh, Ariel
151 min walk • Shiloh was an ancient city and sanctuary in Samaria. According to the Hebrew Bible, Shiloh was the central sanctuary of the Israelites during the pre-monarchic period, before the First Temple in Jerusalem was built.
3.1 miW
Town, Archaeological site
Timnath-heres
79 min walk • Timnath-heres or Timnath-serah, later Thamna, was the town given by the Israelites to Joshua according to the Hebrew Bible. He requested it and the people gave it to him "at the order of the Lord". He built up the town and lived in it.
3.1 miW
Archaeological site
Tomb of Joshua
79 min walk • The Tomb of Joshua is, according to tradition, the burial site of the biblical figure Joshua. According to the biblical book bearing his name, Joshua died at the age of 110 and his burial site was in a location of his own inheritance at Timnath-serah, which is in the hill country of the Tribe of Ephraim, north of the mountain of Gaash.
6.4 miSE
Village
Shiloh
165 min walk • Shilo is an Israeli settlement in the northern West Bank. Located 28 miles north of Jerusalem on Route 60 and organised as a religious community settlement, it is neighboured by the Israeli settlements of Eli and Maale Levona and the Palestinian villages Sinjil, Turmus Ayya and...
4.1 miNE
Neighbourhood
Samaria
106 min walk • Samaria is the ancient, historic, biblical name used for the central region of the Land of Israel, bordered by Judea to the south and Galilee to the north.
2.1 miSW
Locality
Salfit
55 min walk • Salfit, also spelled Salfeet, is a Palestinian city in the central West Bank. Salfit is located at an altitude of 570 meters adjacent to the Israeli settlement of Ariel. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, Salfit had a population of 10,911 in 2017.
1.9 miN
Town
Jamma'in
49 min walk • Jamma'in is a Palestinian town in the northern West Bank located 16 kilometers southwest of Nablus, 6 kilometers northwest of Salfit and 40 kilometers north of Ramallah.
3.1 miW
Locality
Kifl Haris
78 min walk • Kifl Haris is a Palestinian village in the northern West Bank, located six kilometers west of Salfit and 18 kilometers south of Nablus in the Salfit Governorate, northwest of the Israeli settlement city Ariel.

Ariel University

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Ariel University – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)