--- title: "Deir as-Sudan – what is there, and how you get there | Mixroutes" description: "Deir as-Sudan, Israel: Deir as-Sudan is a Palestinian town in the Ramallah and al-Bireh Governorate of Palestine, located 20 kilometers northwest of…" url: "https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/deir-as-sudan" markdown: "https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/deir-as-sudan.md" image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b8/DeirAsudan6977.JPG" --- Municipality type C in Ramallah and al-Bireh, State of Palestine · Israel # Deir as-Sudan Deir as-Sudan is a Palestinian town in the Ramallah and al-Bireh Governorate of Palestine, located 20 kilometers northwest of Ramallah in the northern West Bank. ![Deir as-Sudan](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b8/DeirAsudan6977.JPG) Deir as-Sudan · Wikimedia Commons The place Deir as-Sudan is a Palestinian town in the Ramallah and al-Bireh Governorate of Palestine, located 20 kilometers northwest of Ramallah in the northern West Bank. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS), the town had a population of approximately 2,159 inhabitants in 2017. Adapted from [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deir_as-Sudan), CC BY-SA 4.0. Go there ## Getting to Deir as-Sudan **Airports:** Ben Gurion (TLV), 25 km · Marka International (Amman Civil) (ADJ), 80 km · Queen Alia (AMM), 87 km\ - Eilat → Deir as-Sudan 276 km · quickest by air, 3h 50m · ₪320–540 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/eilat-to-deir-as-sudan) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Eilat&to=Deir+as-Sudan) - Amman → Deir as-Sudan 76 km · quickest by road, 1h 58m · JD4.5–6 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/amman-to-deir-as-sudan) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Amman&to=Deir+as-Sudan) - El Arish → Deir as-Sudan 163 km · quickest by road, 5h 9m · E£390–520 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/el-arish-to-deir-as-sudan) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=El+Arish&to=Deir+as-Sudan) - From anywhere The planner compares every way there from wherever you are. [Plan a trip](https://www.mixroutes.com/?to=Deir%20as-Sudan) Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds. Not yet researched ## No local-transport research exists yet for Deir as-Sudan 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 as-Sudan. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more. What Wikivoyage says about moving around - Get around Hitchhiking (Tremp) Ariel is long and narrow (it follows the crest of a long mountain ridge), so it could be a long walk from one part to another. - Go next Hitch a ride, or take Palestinian licence-plated taxi, from Ariel Junction to Nablus. From [Wikivoyage: Ariel](https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Ariel), CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2025-08. The nearest places where the work is done 1. [Petra and Wadi Musa](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/petra) JO 12 ways of moving, 17 sources 192 km 2. [Wadi Rum](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/wadi-rum) JO 8 ways of moving, 23 sources 275 km 3. [Dahab](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/dahab) EG 8 ways of moving, 29 sources 398 km 4. [Kastellorizo](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/kastellorizo) GR 8 ways of moving, 27 sources 687 km 5. [Naxos](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/naxos) GR 12 ways of moving, 17 sources 1,047 km If you know how people move in Deir as-Sudan – the stand, the rule, the fare – [tell us](https://www.mixroutes.com/report?key=blog%7Cdeir-as-sudan&title=Deir+as-Sudan&sub=Field+notes&back=%2Fnotes%2Fdeir-as-sudan), and the note gets an entry. Around it ## Next door to Deir as-Sudan Deir as-Sudan is 29 km from [West Jerusalem](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/west-jerusalem), the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture. - [Nabi Salih](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/nabi-salih) village in Ramallah and al-Bireh Governorate, Cisjordan 2.9 km - [Halamish](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/halamish) Israeli settlement in the West Bank, Palestine 3.4 km - [Ajjul](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/ajjul) village council in Ramallah and al-Bireh Governorate 3.2 km - [Kafr Ein](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/kafr-ein) village council in Ramallah and al-Bireh Governorate 3.2 km - [Qarawat Bani Zeid](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/qarawat-bani-zeid) village council in Ramallah and al-Bireh Governorate, West Bank, Palestine 3 km - [Bani Zeid al-Sharqiya](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/bani-zeid-al-sharqiya) municipality in Ramallah and al-Bireh Governorate 1.7 km [The place page for Deir as-Sudan](https://www.mixroutes.com/places/deir-as-sudan) [All the notes](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes) [Every note on Israel](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes#c-IL) --- This is the markdown version of https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/deir-as-sudan, for search crawlers and AI assistants. 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