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Deir Istiya

Deir Istiya is a Palestinian town of 3,696 in the Salfit Governorate of the State of Palestine, in the northern West Bank, 15 kilometers (9.3 mi) southwest of Nablus.

Deir Istiya
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The place

Deir Istiya is a Palestinian town of 3,696 in the Salfit Governorate of the State of Palestine, in the northern West Bank, 15 kilometers (9.3 mi) southwest of Nablus. The built-up area of Deir Istiya is 74 dunams, and its old city has about thirty families.

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Getting to Deir Istiya

Airports
Ben Gurion (TLV), 27 km · Marka International (Amman Civil) (ADJ), 82 km · Queen Alia (AMM), 92 km
  • Eilat → Deir Istiya
    287 km · quickest by road, 6h 10m · ₪120–160
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  • Amman → Deir Istiya
    78 km · quickest by road, 3h 10m · JD5–7
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  • El Arish → Deir Istiya
    169 km · quickest by road, 5h 3m · E£395–530
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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 Istiya. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

What Wikivoyage says about moving around
  • Get aroundHitchhiking (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 nextHitch a ride, or take Palestinian licence-plated taxi, from Ariel Junction to Nablus.

From Wikivoyage: 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. 01
    Petra and Wadi MusaJO

    12 ways of moving, 17 sources

    203 km
  2. 02
    Wadi RumJO

    8 ways of moving, 23 sources

    286 km
  3. 03
    DahabEG

    8 ways of moving, 29 sources

    409 km
  4. 04
    KastellorizoGR

    8 ways of moving, 27 sources

    679 km
  5. 05
    NaxosGR

    12 ways of moving, 17 sources

    1,040 km

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Deir Istiya is 34 km from Tel Aviv, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.

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