Huwara
Huwara or Howwarah is a Palestinian town located in the Nablus Governorate of the State of Palestine.
Huwara or Howwarah is a Palestinian town located in the Nablus Governorate of the State of Palestine. Located in the northern Israeli-occupied West Bank, Huwara is on the main road connecting Nablus southwards to Ramallah and Jerusalem, approximately 4 miles (6 km) from Jacob's Well. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the town had a population of 6,659 in 2017.
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Getting to Huwara
- Airports
- Ben Gurion (TLV), 38 km · Marka International (Amman Civil) (ADJ), 72 km · Queen Alia (AMM), 84 km
- Amman → Huwara68 km · quickest by road, 2h 49m · JD4.5–6
- El Arish → Huwara179 km · quickest by road, 5h 17m · E£415–550
- Damascus → Huwara179 km · quickest by road, 4h 53m · $22–31
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No local-transport research exists yet for Huwara
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 Huwara. 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.
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Next door to Huwara
Huwara is 41 km from East Jerusalem, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Kfar TapuachIsraeli Jewish settlement in the occupied West Bank3.9 km
- BeitaPalestinian town in the Nablus Governorate3.1 km
- Burinmunicipality in Nablus3.6 km
- YitzharIsraeli settlement in the West Bank2.6 km
- Awartamunicipality in Nablus Governorate3 km
- Urifvillage council in Nablus, West Bank, Palestine3.3 km