Ateret
Ateret is an Israeli settlement organized as a community settlement in the West Bank.
Ateret is an Israeli settlement organized as a community settlement in the West Bank. Located in the municipal jurisdiction of the Mateh Binyamin Regional Council, it is located on a hilltop, at an elevation of 760 metres. In 2024 it had a population of 716.
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Worth seeing in and around Ateret
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.
- 01Maqam Sheikh al-Qatrawani
The Maqam Sheikh al-Qatrawani is an Islamic shrine, located on the Dahrat Hamoud hill about 1.5 km south-west of Atara in the State of Palestine. The maqam was first established during the Mamluk rule over Palestine as one of a series of 16th-century watchtowers overlooking the nearby coast.
2.1 km · tomb-shrine in Atara, West Bank · Wikipedia
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Getting to Ateret
- Airports
- Ben Gurion (TLV), 27 km · Marka International (Amman Civil) (ADJ), 77 km · Queen Alia (AMM), 83 km
- Eilat → Ateret273 km · quickest by road, 6h 9m · ₪120–160
- Amman → Ateret73 km · quickest by road, 2h 26m · JD4–5
- El Arish → Ateret163 km · quickest by road, 5h 2m · E£385–520
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No local-transport research exists yet for Ateret
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 Ateret. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inFrom Bethlehem take a shared taxi (Sherut/serviis) from the Bethlehem bus station at Manger St.
- Get inFrom Jericho take a shared taxi (Sherut/serviis) from the central roundabout with the garden in the middle.
- Get aroundAs the city center is relatively small, it is not hard to walk to most destinations downtown (including the old city.) Service shuttles (shared taxis) are also available from downtown to most suburbs and to the outskirts of the city at relatively low prices (₪2.5 inside the city and up to ₪6 to nearby towns and villages).
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Next door to Ateret
Ateret is 25 km from West Jerusalem, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Rawabicity in the Palestinian National Authority1.4 km
- BirzeitPalestinian town north of Ramallah3.5 km
- Ajjulvillage council in Ramallah and al-Bireh Governorate2.5 km
- 'AtaraPalestinian village2.8 km
- Kobarvillage in Ramallah and al-Bireh Governorate, Palestine2.3 km
- Bani Zeid al-Sharqiyamunicipality in Ramallah and al-Bireh Governorate3.9 km