West Jerusalem
West Jerusalem represents the modern commercial heart of the city, which was the focus for development in the capital from the time of Israeli independence in 1948 to the reunification of the city with the Six Day War in 1967.Photo: Nettadi, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Photo: Ting Chen, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Notable Places in the Area
Church of the Holy Sepulchre
The Church of the Holy Sepulchre, also known as the Church of the Resurrection, is a fourth-century church in the Christian Quarter of the Old City of Jerusalem.Damascus Gate
Photo: Uwe a, CC BY-SA 1.0.
The Damascus Gate is one of the main Gates of the Old City of Jerusalem.
Jaffa Gate
Photo: Hreid, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Jaffa Gate is one of the seven main open gates of the Old City of Jerusalem.
Localities in the Area
Jerusalem
Photo: Aniacra, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Jerusalem is the largest city of Israel. Israel claim it is their capital and a few countries including the United States recognize that claim, but most other countries and the United Nations do not.
Old City
Photo: Danapit, Public domain.
The Old City of Jerusalem is that part of Jerusalem surrounded by the impressive 16th-century Ottoman city walls and representing the heart of the city both historically and spiritually.
East Jerusalem
Photo: Papierdrache, CC BY-SA 3.0.
East Jerusalem represents the eastern half of the once-divided city of Jerusalem.
West Jerusalem
- Type: Locality with 400,000 residents
- Description: section of Jerusalem that remained under Israeli occupation control after the 1948 Arab–Israeli War
- Categories: urban area and neighbourhood
- Location: Jerusalem District, Jerusalem Hills, Israel, Middle East, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
31.78199° or 31° 46' 55" northLongitude
35.21961° or 35° 13' 11" eastPopulation
400,000Elevation
796 metres (2,612 feet)Open Location Code
8G3QQ6J9+QRGeoNames ID
7498240Wikidata ID
Q2213440West Jerusalem Satellite Map
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Also Known As
- Albanian: Jeruzalemi Perëndimor
- Arabic: القدس الغربية
- Armenian: Արևմտյան Երուսաղեմ
- Basque: Mendebaldeko Jerusalem
- Bhojpuri: पश्चिम यरुशलम
- Catalan: Jerusalem Oest
- Cebuano: West Jerusalem
- Chinese: 西耶路撒冷
- Czech: Západní Jeruzalém
- Danish: Vestjerusalem
- Dutch: West-Jeruzalem
- Esperanto: Okcidenta Jerusalemo
- Esperanto: Uesta Jerusalemo
- French: Jérusalem-Ouest
- German: Westjerusalem
- Hebrew (Historic): מערב ירושלים
- Hebrew: ירושלים המערבית
- Hebrew: מערב ירושלים
- Hindi: पश्चिम यरुशलम
- Indonesian: Yerusalem Barat
- Italian: Gerusalemme Ovest
- Japanese: 西エルサレム
- Korean: 서부꾸드스
- Korean: 서예루살렘
- Lithuanian: Vakarų Jeruzalė
- Malagasy: Jerosalema Andrefana
- Malay: Baitulmaqdis Barat
- Norwegian: Vest-Jerusalem
- Norwegian Nynorsk: Vest-Jerusalem
- Persian: اورشلیم غربی
- Persian: بیتالمقدس غربی
- Polish: Zachodnia Jerozolima
- Portuguese: Jerusalém Ocidental
- Russian: Западный Иерусалим
- Slovak: Západný Jeruzalem
- Spanish: Jerusalen Oeste
- Spanish: Jerusalén Occidental
- Spanish: Jerusalén Oeste
- Swedish: Västra Jerusalem
- Turkish: Batı Kudüs
- Urdu: مغربی یروشلم
- Uzbek: Gʻarbiy Quddus
- Yiddish: מערב ירושלים
- Yue Chinese: 西耶路撒冷
- Gerusalemme ovest
- Jerusalem West
Localities in the Area
- Nahalat ShivaSuburb
- Meah ShearimSuburb
- MusraraSuburb
- Batei UngarinNeighbourhood
- NahlaotSuburb
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About Mapcarta. Thanks to Mapbox for providing amazing maps. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, excluding photos, directions and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page West Jerusalem. Photo: Ting Chen, CC BY-SA 2.0.