Ar-Rihiya
Ar-Rihiya is a Palestinian town located six kilometers southwest of Hebron.
Ar-Rihiya is a Palestinian town located six kilometers southwest of Hebron. The town is in the Hebron Governorate southern West Bank. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the town had a population of over 5,754 in 2017.
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Worth seeing in and around Ar-Rihiya
One place 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.
- 01Yatta International Stadium
Yatta International Stadium, or Shahid Wafa Stadium, is a football stadium in Yatta, Hebron Governorate, West Bank, Palestine. The stadium is considered the most important and largest sports stadium in the city of Yatta, and it is the official stadium in which Shabab Yatta club plays.
3.5 km · Football stadium in Yatta · Wikipedia
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Getting to Ar-Rihiya
- Airports
- Ben Gurion (TLV), 63 km · Queen Alia (AMM), 91 km · Marka International (Amman Civil) (ADJ), 103 km
- Tel Aviv → Ar-Rihiya74 km · quickest by road, 2h 14m · ₪33–44
- Eilat → Ar-Rihiya213 km · quickest by road, 4h 58m · ₪90–120
- Amman → Ar-Rihiya98 km · quickest by road, 2h 58m · JD6–8
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No local-transport research exists yet for Ar-Rihiya
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 Ar-Rihiya. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Go nextNearby popular sights in the West Bank, that allow for a day trip from Hebron, include Tor-Safa Cave, Taffuh Underground Church, Tomb of Prophet Lot and Birkat al-Karmil (Holy Pool).
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Next door to Ar-Rihiya
Ar-Rihiya is 36 km from Jerusalem, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Yattacity of the Palestinian National Authority2.9 km
- Beit HagaiIsraeli settlement in the West Bank2.6 km
- Beit 'Amravillage council in Hebron Governorate3.2 km
- al-Heilamunicipality type D in Hebron, State of Palestine3.1 km
- Qalqasvillage council in Hebron Governorate3.2 km
- Hadab al-Fawwarmunicipality type D in Hebron, State of Palestine2 km