Khān al ‘Askar in West Bank
Destination Guide Palestinian Territory

Achor

Achor is the name of a valley in the vicinity of Jericho. Eusebius (in Onomasticon) and Jerome (in Book of Sites and Names of Hebrew Places) implied that they thought it was a valley north of Jericho. In the nineteenth century some writers identified the valley with the wadi al-Qelt, a deep ravine located to Jericho's south. In the twentieth century the Hyrcania valley (El-Buqei'a in Arabic) west and south of Qumran, and Wadi en-Nu'eima have also been suggested.

Located at 31.8369, 35.3998 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Hebrew Bible valleys, Biblical Jericho

Megilot Regional Council

Megilot Regional Council, also Megilot Dead Sea Regional Council, is a regional council in the Judean desert near the western shores of the Dead Sea. With only and 1,000 residents, it is Israel's smallest regional council. Its municipal offices are located in Vered Yeriho.

Located at 31.8262, 35.4324 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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West Bank, Megilot Regional Council, Regional councils in Israel

Vered Yeriho

Vered Yeriho is a moshav and Israeli settlement near Jericho in the Jordan valley in the West Bank. It belongs to the Megilot Regional Council. The community was founded in 1979 as a result of the dissociation of the secular nucleus from the religious nucleus in Mitzpe Yeriho, a nearby settlement to the west of Vered Yeriho. The moshav is located on a hill overlooking the Akabat Jabar refugee camp and Jericho.

Located at 31.8264, 35.4317 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Moshavim, Israeli settlements

Almog

Almog is an Israeli settlement and a kibbutz near the northwestern shores of the Dead Sea in the Jordan Rift Valley in the West Bank. It is under the jurisdiction of the Megilot Regional Council. In 2008, there were 23 families living in Almog. The international community considers Israeli settlements in the West Bank illegal under international law, but the Israeli government disputes this.

Located at 31.7897, 35.4611 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Kibbutzim, Populated places established in 1977, Kibbutz Movement, Nahal settlements, Non-religious Israeli settlements

Wadi Qelt

Wadi Qelt or Nahal Prat is a valley or stream running west to east across the Judean desert in the West Bank, originating near Jerusalem and terminating near Jericho, near the Dead Sea. It is home to a variety of fauna including hyraxes to gazelles, to the Greek Orthodox Monastery Saint George, and to the oldest Jewish synagogue in the world and has been identified with the biblical "prat" mentioned in Jeremiah 13:5.

Located at 31.8443, 35.4143 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Biblical places, Wadi, Geography of the West Bank, Visitor attractions in the Palestinian territories

St. George's Monastery (Wadi Qelt)

St. George Orthodox Monastery, or Monastery of St. George of Koziba is a monastery located in Wadi Qelt, in the eastern West Bank. The sixth-century cliff-hanging complex, with its ancient chapel and gardens, is active and inhabited by Greek Orthodox monks. It is reached by a pedestrian bridge across the Wadi Qelt, which many imagine to be Psalm 23's Valley of the Shadow. The valley parallels the old Roman road to Jericho, the backdrop for the parable of the Good Samaritan .

Located at 31.8445, 35.4141 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Christian monasteries in the West Bank, Greek Orthodox monasteries, Christian monasteries established in the 6th century