Deir al-Hatab
Deir al-Hatab is a Palestinian village in the Nablus Governorate in the northern West Bank, located east of Nablus, near the neighbouring villages of Salem and Azmout.
Deir al-Hatab is a Palestinian village in the Nablus Governorate in the northern West Bank, located east of Nablus, near the neighbouring villages of Salem and Azmout. The village land extends over 12,000 dunams, of which 330 are built-up.
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Worth seeing in and around Deir al-Hatab
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.
- 01Joseph's Tomb
Joseph's Tomb is a funerary monument located in Balata village at the eastern entrance to the valley that separates Mounts Gerizim and Ebal, 300 m northwest of Jacob's Well, on the outskirts of the West Bank city of Nablus. It has been venerated throughout the ages by Samaritans, for whom it is the second holiest site; by Jews; by Christians; and by Muslims, some of whom view it as the location of a local sheikh, Yusef al-Dwaik or Dawiqat, who died in the 18th century.
3.4 km · funerary monument in Shechem · Wikipedia - 02Tell Balata
Tell Balata is an archaeological site in the West Bank near Nablus, Palestine, that includes the remains of an ancient Canaanite city, associated since 1913 with the Biblical city of Shechem. The built-up area of Balata, a Palestinian village and suburb of Nablus, covers about one-third of the tell, and overlooks a vast plain to the east.
3.7 km · site of an ancient Canaanite/Israelite city in the West Bank · Wikipedia
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Getting to Deir al-Hatab
- Airports
- Ben Gurion (TLV), 47 km · Marka International (Amman Civil) (ADJ), 69 km · Queen Alia (AMM), 84 km
- Tel Aviv → Deir al-Hatab53 km · quickest by road, 1h 35m · ₪22–30
- Eilat → Deir al-Hatab298 km · quickest by road, 6h 39m · ₪130–170
- Amman → Deir al-Hatab66 km · quickest by road, 3h 8m · JD5–7
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No local-transport research exists yet for Deir al-Hatab
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 Deir al-Hatab. 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 Deir al-Hatab
Deir al-Hatab is 49 km from East Jerusalem, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Shechemancient Canaanite and Israelite city in central Samaria in the West Bank3.7 km
- Salim, Nablusvillage council in Nablus1.2 km
- Azmutmunicipality in Nablus1.2 km
- Elon MorehIsraeli settlement in the occupied West Bank2.1 km
- Rujeibvillage council in Nablus4 km
- Battle of Nablus2002 Israeli assault on the city of Nablus4 km