Beit Ummar

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Beit Ummar is a Palestinian town located eleven kilometers northwest of Hebron in the Hebron Governorate. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, in 2016, the town had a population of 17,892 inhabitants. Over 4,800 residents of the town are under the age of 18. Since the Second Intifada, unemployment ranges between 60 and 80 percent due mostly to the inability of residents to work in Israel and a depression in the Palestinian economy. A part of the city straddles Road 60 and due to this, several propositions of house demolition have occurred. ()

Alternative names: Coordinates: 31°37'16"N, 35°6'8"E

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Beit Ummar – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Solomon's Pools, Halhul, Bethlehem Convention Palace, Gush Etzion Junction.

6.1 miNE
Aqueduct
Solomon's Pools, Bethlehem
157 min walk • Solomon's Pools are three ancient reservoirs located in the south-central West Bank, immediately to the south of al-Khader, about 3.5 kilometres southwest of Bethlehem, near the road to Hebron.
2.9 miS
Area
Halhul, Hebron
75 min walk • Halhul is a Palestinian city located in the southern West Bank, 5 kilometres north of Hebron in the Hebron Governorate.
6.2 miNE
Convention center
Bethlehem Convention Palace, Bethlehem
158 min walk • Bethlehem Convention Palace or Convention Palace Company is a convention center facility in Bethlehem, Palestine. The building includes a main meeting hall, exhibition gallery, theatre, meeting rooms, gardens, interfaith prayer room and cafeteria. There is also a large amphitheater that can host nearly 1,500 people.
2.5 miNE
Visitor center, Winery
Gush Etzion Junction, Gush Etzion
63 min walk • Gush Etzion Junction also known as Gush Junction is a 120-dunam business, commercial and tourism center in the southern West Bank, which serves as the entry point to the Gush Etzion bloc of settlements. It is administered by the Gush Etzion Regional Council.
3 miS
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Mount Nabi Yunis, Hebron
77 min walk • Nabi Yunis is the highest point of the Palestinian territories, with an altitude of 1,030 metres. It is located in the town of Halhul, Hebron Governorate.
4.9 miNE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Judaean Mountains
126 min walk • The Judaean Mountains, or Judaean Hills or the Hebron Mountains, is a mountain range in Israel and the West Bank where Jerusalem, Hebron and several other biblical cities are located. The mountains reach a height of 1,026 metres.
4.5 miS
Archaeological site
Mamre, Hebron
114 min walk • Mamre, full Hebrew name Elonei Mamre, refers to an ancient religious site originally focused on a single holy tree, growing "since time immemorial" at Hebron in Canaan. It is known from the biblical story of Abraham and the three visitors. The tree under which he had pitched his tent is known as the oak or terebinth of Mamre.
1.3 miNE
Nature, Natural attraction, Valley
Beracah, Gush Etzion
33 min walk • Beracah is a valley mentioned in the Hebrew Bible. It was named the "Valley of Blessings by Jehoshaphat, king of Judah after God’s victory over Moab and Ammon, as is recounted in the Second Book of Chronicles.
4.9 miS
Universities and schools
Hebron University, Hebron
126 min walk • Hebron University is a non profit, public university in the city of Hebron, West Bank. It has an undergraduate enrollment of more than ten thousand students.
2.7 miN
31°39'35"N • 35°6'46"E
Ein Yitzhak, Gush Etzion
70 min walk • Nature, Natural attraction, Hot springs