Bīr al Bāshā
Bir al-Basha is a Palestinian village in the West Bank, located 15 km southwest of the city of Jenin in the northern West Bank.
Bir al-Basha is a Palestinian village in the West Bank, located 15 km southwest of the city of Jenin in the northern West Bank. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the town had a population of 1,307 inhabitants in mid-year 2006 and 1,725 by 2017.
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Worth seeing in and around Bīr al Bāshā
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.
- 01Dothan
Dothan is a location mentioned twice in the Hebrew Bible. It has been identified with Tell Dothan, also known as Tell al-Hafireh, located adjacent to the Palestinian town of Bir al-Basha, and ten kilometers southwest of Jenin in the West Bank, near Dotan Junction of Route 60.
1.4 km · biblical city and archaeological site · Wikipedia
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Getting to Bīr al Bāshā
- Airports
- Ben Gurion (TLV), 56 km · Marka International (Amman Civil) (ADJ), 87 km · Queen Alia (AMM), 106 km
- Tel Aviv → Bīr al Bāshā57 km · quickest by road, 1h 51m · ₪30–40
- Amman → Bīr al Bāshā85 km · quickest by road, 2h 53m · JD5–7
- Beirut → Bīr al Bāshā166 km · quickest by road, 5h 18m · $27–38
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No local-transport research exists yet for Bīr al Bāshā
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 Bīr al Bāshā. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inThe most logical way to enter would be to fly into Ben Gurion International Airport in Israel, take a taxi or mini-bus to Damascus Gate in Jerusalem, from there at one of Arab bus stations take bus 18 to Ramallah (₪6.50, less than an hour), cross into Ramallah and take a shared taxi from the central bus station to Jenin (₪35, 1.5-2 h).
- Get inYou then cross on foot and take a (shared) taxi or hitchhike the rest of the distance.
From Wikivoyage: Jenin, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-08.
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Next door to Bīr al Bāshā
Bīr al Bāshā is 57 km from Tel Aviv, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
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