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Psagot

Psagot is an Israeli settlement in the West Bank, located on Tawil hill, adjacent to the Palestinian cities of Ramallah and al-Bireh.

Psagot
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The place

Psagot is an Israeli settlement in the West Bank, located on Tawil hill, adjacent to the Palestinian cities of Ramallah and al-Bireh. Established in 1981, it is organised as a community settlement and falls under the jurisdiction of Binyamin Regional Council, with the council's headquarters located there. In 2024 it had a population of 2,298.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

Worth seeing in and around Psagot

9 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.

  1. 01
    Al-Quds Open University

    Al-Quds Open University is an independent, distance education public university in Palestine. It was created by a decree issued by the Palestinian Liberation Organization in 1991.

    2.8 km · open university with campuses across the Palestinian territories, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    Jamal Abdel Nasser Mosque

    Jamal Abdel Nasser Mosque is the largest mosque in al-Bireh, West Bank, Palestine. Located in the Downtown district of the city, the mosque is named after the late Egyptian president and Arab leader Gamal Abdel Nasser.

    1.6 km · mosque in the city of Al-Bireh, Ramallah and Al-Bireh Governorate · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    Orthodox Church of Ramallah

    The Greek Orthodox Church of Transfiguration is a church in Ramallah, West Bank, Palestine. It was inaugurated in 1852.

    2.6 km · church in Ramallah, West Bank, Palestine · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    Holy Family Church, Ramallah

    The Holy Family Church is a Catholic Church in Ramallah, West Bank, Palestine.

    2.4 km · church in Ramallah, Palestine · Wikipedia
  5. 05
    Majed Asad Stadium

    Majed Asad Stadium is a football stadium in Al-Bireh, Palestine. The stadium's construction was funded with aid from the French and German governments, and French footballer Lilian Thuram participated in the inauguration, taking the first kick of the Palestine Cup final.

    900 m · football stadium in Palastine · Wikipedia
  6. 06
    Al-Manara Square

    Al-Manara Square is a town square located in Ramallah, West Bank, Palestine.

    1.9 km · public square in Ramallah, Palestine · Wikipedia
  7. 07
    Tell en-Nasbeh

    Tell en-Nasbeh, possibly the biblical city of Mizpah, is a 3.2 hectare tell located on a low plateau 12 kilometers northwest of Jerusalem in the West Bank.

    1.7 km · archaeological site north of Jerusalem, in the West Bank · Wikipedia
  8. 08
    Mövenpick Hotel Ramallah

    The Millennium Palestine Ramallah Hotel is a five-star hotel located in Ramallah, West Bank, Palestine. It cost $42.5 million to build.

    1.9 km · building in Ramallah, Palestine · Wikipedia
  9. 09
    Khirbet el-Maqatir

    Khirbet el-Maqatir is an archaeological site located in the central West Bank, between Deir Dibwan and Beitin. Occupation began with a fortified settlement in the Middle and Late Bronze Ages, followed by an Iron Age highland village.

    3 km · archaeological site in the West Bank · Wikipedia

Ranked by the number of language editions of Wikipedia with an article on each, from Wikidata; the sentences are the openings of those articles, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Go there

Getting to Psagot

Airports
Ben Gurion (TLV), 34 km · Marka International (Amman Civil) (ADJ), 73 km · Queen Alia (AMM), 75 km
Stations
Jerusalem International Airport, 3.9 km
  • Eilat → Psagot
    262 km · quickest by road, 6h 2m · ₪105–140
  • Amman → Psagot
    68 km · quickest by road, 2h 18m · JD4–5
  • El Arish → Psagot
    160 km · quickest by road, 5h 5m · E£385–510
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Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Psagot

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 Psagot. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

What Wikivoyage says about moving around
  • Get inFrom Bethlehem take a shared taxi (Sherut/serviis) from the Bethlehem bus station at Manger St.
  • Get inFrom Jericho take a shared taxi (Sherut/serviis) from the central roundabout with the garden in the middle.
  • Get aroundAs the city center is relatively small, it is not hard to walk to most destinations downtown (including the old city.) Service shuttles (shared taxis) are also available from downtown to most suburbs and to the outskirts of the city at relatively low prices (₪2.5 inside the city and up to ₪6 to nearby towns and villages).

From Wikivoyage: Ramallah, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.

The nearest places where the work is done
  1. 01
    Petra and Wadi MusaJO

    12 ways of moving, 17 sources

    177 km
  2. 02
    Wadi RumJO

    8 ways of moving, 23 sources

    259 km
  3. 03
    DahabEG

    8 ways of moving, 29 sources

    384 km
  4. 04
    KastellorizoGR

    8 ways of moving, 27 sources

    702 km
  5. 05
    NaxosGR

    12 ways of moving, 17 sources

    1,061 km

If you know how people move in Psagot – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.

Around it

Next door to Psagot

Psagot is 13 km from East Jerusalem, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.