An-Naqura
An-Naqura is a Palestinian village in the Nablus Governorate in northern West Bank, located 10 kilometers northwest of Nablus and adjacent to the Israeli settlement of Shavei Shomron.
An-Naqura is a Palestinian village in the Nablus Governorate in northern West Bank, located 10 kilometers northwest of Nablus and adjacent to the Israeli settlement of Shavei Shomron. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS) census, the village had a population of 1,545 in 2007 and 1,786 in 2017. An-Naqura is administered by a ten-member village council headed by Muhammad Hashish.
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Worth seeing in and around An-Naqura
2 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Nabi Yahya Mosque
The Nabi Yahya Mosque is a mosque containing the traditional tomb of Yahya in Sebastia, Nablus. The mosque also reputedly contains the tombs of the prophets Elisha and Obadiah.
1.3 km · Mosque in Sebastia, Nablus, West Bank · Wikipedia - 02El-Khirbe
El-Khirbe is an archaeological site in the Samarian hills of the modern-day West Bank. The site includes the remains of a Roman-era estate and mausoleum, a Samaritan synagogue from Late Antiquity, and associated agricultural installations.
2.5 km · archaeological site in the Samarian hills of the modern-day West Bank · Wikipedia
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Getting to An-Naqura
- Airports
- Ben Gurion (TLV), 41 km · Marka International (Amman Civil) (ADJ), 81 km · Queen Alia (AMM), 96 km
- Tel Aviv → An-Naqura45 km · quickest by road, 1h 23m · ₪20–27
- Eilat → An-Naqura302 km · quickest by road, 6h 29m · ₪125–170
- Amman → An-Naqura78 km · quickest by road, 3h 29m · JD6–8
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No local-transport research exists yet for An-Naqura
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for An-Naqura. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inFrom Ben Gurion it is cheapest to take a "sherut" (shared taxi) to the bus station on Nablus Road by Damascus Gate, and then follow the directions above to Nablus.
- Go nextShared minibus taxis (sherut/servees) leaving Nablus tend to congregate around the center of town and along the two-sided Al-Gazalah (Al-Hadadeen) Street going southeast out of town.
- Go nextTo get there by hitchhiking, take a sherut to Tubas (₪7.50) and from there hitchhike east through Tayasir and Aqabah to the highway #578 or #90, and then north past the Israeli checkpoint.
From Wikivoyage: Nablus, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-07.
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Next door to An-Naqura
An-Naqura is 45 km from Tel Aviv, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Sebastiamunicipality in Nablus, West Bank, Palestine1.7 km
- Shavei ShomronIsraeli settlement in the west bank1.6 km
- Beit Ibamunicipality in Nablus, West Bank, Palestine3.4 km
- Zawatavillage council in Nablus3.2 km
- Beit Imrinvillage council in Nablus Governorate, West Bank, Palestine3.3 km
- Ijnisinyavillage council in Nablus, West Bank, Palestine1.6 km