'Atara
Sign in to saveAtara ( Atâra) is a Palestinian village in the Ramallah and al-Bireh Governorate, located 15 kilometers north of Ramallah in the central West Bank. It is situated along a mountain ridge line with four peaks and is built upon the second highest point in the West Bank at 810 meters above sea level. 'Atara's total land area consists of 9,545 dunams, most of which is cultivable.
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Place details
- Locality
- عطارة
- Region
- West Bank
- Country
- الأراضي الفلسطينية
- Population
- 2,240
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- 'Atara
- Settlement.translit_lang1
- Arabic
- Settlement.translit_lang1_type
- Arabic
- Settlement.translit_lang1_info
- عطارة
- Settlement.translit_lang1_type1
- Latin
- Settlement.translit_lang1_info1
- Attara (official)Ataroth (unofficial)
- Settlement.type
- Municipality type D (Village council)
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Atara272.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- View of 'Atara
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Palestine
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location of 'Atara within Palestine
- Settlement.grid_name
- Palestine grid
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- village
- Country
- Palestine
- Located in
- Ramallah and al-Bireh Governorate
- Time zone
- UTC+03:00
- Image
- عطارة.jpg
via Wikidata · CC0
Article
13 sectionsContents
- Location
- History
- Ottoman era
- British Mandate of Palestine
- Jordanian era
- Post-1967
- Sanctuaries
- Shrine of Sheikh al-Qatrawani
- Demographics
- Economy
- References
- Bibliography
- External links
Atara ( Atâra) is a Palestinian village in the Ramallah and al-Bireh Governorate, located 15 kilometers north of Ramallah in the central West Bank. It is situated along a mountain ridge line with four peaks and is built upon the second highest point in the West Bank at 810 meters above sea level. 'Atara's total land area consists of 9,545 dunams, most of which is cultivable.
== Location== 'Atara is located (horizontally) north of Ramallah. It is bordered by Silwad to the east, 'Abwein to the north, Burham, 'Ajjul and Umm Safa to the west, and Bir Zeit to the south.