Asira ash-Shamaliya
Asira ash-Shamaliya is a Palestinian town in the Nablus Governorate, located 3.5 kilometers north of Nablus in the northern West Bank.
Asira ash-Shamaliya is a Palestinian town in the Nablus Governorate, located 3.5 kilometers north of Nablus in the northern West Bank. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the town had a population of approximately 8,813 inhabitants in 2017.
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Worth seeing in and around Asira ash-Shamaliya
9 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.
- 01Mount Ebal
Mount Ebal is one of the two mountains near the city of Nablus in the West Bank, and forms the northern side of the valley in which Nablus is situated, the southern side being formed by Mount Gerizim. The mountain is one of the highest peaks in the West Bank and rises to 935 m above sea level, some 60 m higher than Mount Gerizim.
1.9 km · mountain in the immediate vicinity of the city of Nablus in the West Bank · Wikipedia - 02An-Najah National University
An-Najah National University is a non-governmental public university governed by a board of trustees in Nablus, West Bank, Palestine. The university has 22,000 students and 300 professors in 19 faculties.
4 km · University in State of Palestine · Wikipedia - 03Great Mosque of Nablus
The Great Mosque of Nablus is the oldest and largest mosque in the city of Nablus, in the State of Palestine. It was originally built as a Byzantine church and was converted into a mosque during the early Islamic era.
3.6 km · mosque in Palestine · Wikipedia - 04An-Nasr Mosque
An-Nasr Mosque is a mosque located in Nablus, Palestine. It is situated in the central square of the Old City of Nablus and is donned as the "symbol of Nablus".
3.6 km · Mosque in Nablus, Palestine · Wikipedia - 05Nablus Football Stadium
The Nablus Football Stadium is a football stadium in Nablus, Palestine. It has a capacity of 30,000.
3.2 km · football stadium in Nablus, Palestine · Wikipedia - 06Hanbali Mosque, Nablus
The Hanbali Mosque is a mosque in Nablus, West Bank, Palestine. The mosque is situated off Jama'a Kabir Street, south of Martyr's Square, and west of the Great Mosque of Nablus.
3.5 km · mosque in Nablus, West Bank, Palestine · Wikipedia - 07Manara Clock Tower
The Manara Clock Tower or al-Manura clock tower is a clock tower located in the middle of the central square in the Old City of Nablus next to the An-Nasr Mosque in the Palestine. Five stories high, it was erected in 1906 on the orders of the Ottoman sultan Abdul Hamid II to celebrate 30 years of his reign.
3.6 km · Clock tower in Nablus, West Bank · Wikipedia - 08Altar on Mount Ebal
The Iron Age I Structure on Mt. Ebal, also known as the Mount Ebal site, Mount Ebal's Altar, and Joshua's Altar, is an archeological site dated to the Iron Age I, located on Mount Ebal, West Bank.
2.3 km · archaeological site in the West Bank · Wikipedia - 09Toukan Palace
Touqan Palace is a historic building in the city of Nablus, West Bank, Palestine with more than one hundred rooms. The building is located on the western side of the Al-Beik Mosque.
3.6 km · historical building in Nablus · Wikipedia
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Getting to Asira ash-Shamaliya
- Airports
- Ben Gurion (TLV), 45 km · Marka International (Amman Civil) (ADJ), 75 km · Queen Alia (AMM), 90 km
- Tel Aviv → Asira ash-Shamaliya50 km · quickest by road, 1h 33m · ₪21–28
- Eilat → Asira ash-Shamaliya301 km · quickest by road, 6h 38m · ₪130–170
- Amman → Asira ash-Shamaliya72 km · quickest by road, 3h 26m · JD5–7
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No local-transport research exists yet for Asira ash-Shamaliya
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 Asira ash-Shamaliya. 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 Asira ash-Shamaliya
Asira ash-Shamaliya is 50 km from Tel Aviv, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Nabluscity in the West Bank, State of Palestine3.3 km
- Talluzavillage council in Nablus3.4 km
- Zawatavillage council in Nablus3.9 km
- Battle of Nablus2002 Israeli assault on the city of Nablus3.5 km
- Old City of NablusOld city in the West Bank, Palestine3.6 km
- Khirbet al-MarajimPalestinian hamlet in Nablus, State of Palestine3.5 km