Tura al-Gharbiya
Tura al Gharbiya is a Palestinian town in the Jenin Governorate in the Northern area of the West Bank, located 14 kilometers West of Jenin close to the separation barrier.
Tura al Gharbiya is a Palestinian town in the Jenin Governorate in the Northern area of the West Bank, located 14 kilometers West of Jenin close to the separation barrier. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the town had a population of over 1,110 inhabitants in mid-year 2006 and 1,053 in 2017. The healthcare facilities for the surrounding villages are based in Tura al Gharbiya, the facilities are designated as MOH level 1.
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Worth seeing in and around Tura al-Gharbiya
One place 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.
- 01Shahak Industrial Park
The Shahak Industrial Park is located in the northern region of the jurisdiction of the Shomron Regional Council in the West Bank, Palestine, between Afula and Hadera near the 'Barkai/Iron Interchange' of Highway 6. The industrial park is adjacent to Israeli settlements Shaked, Hinanit in the West Bank, and Katzir across the Green Line in Israel, hence the initials making up the acronym in Hebrew that is the name of the park.
2.7 km · Industrial park in Israel · Wikipedia
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Getting to Tura al-Gharbiya
- Airports
- Ben Gurion (TLV), 57 km · Marka International (Amman Civil) (ADJ), 96 km · Queen Alia (AMM), 115 km
- Tel Aviv → Tura al-Gharbiya55 km · quickest by road, 1h 38m · ₪26–35
- Eilat → Tura al-Gharbiya325 km · quickest by road, 6h 37m · ₪135–175
- Amman → Tura al-Gharbiya94 km · quickest by road, 3h 9m · JD6–8
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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 Tura al-Gharbiya. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inThe most logical way to enter would be to fly into Ben Gurion International Airport in Israel, take a taxi or mini-bus to Damascus Gate in Jerusalem, from there at one of Arab bus stations take bus 18 to Ramallah (₪6.50, less than an hour), cross into Ramallah and take a shared taxi from the central bus station to Jenin (₪35, 1.5-2 h).
- Get inYou then cross on foot and take a (shared) taxi or hitchhike the rest of the distance.
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Next door to Tura al-Gharbiya
Tura al-Gharbiya is 55 km from Tel Aviv, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Ya'badmunicipality in Jenin Governorate3 km
- 'AninPalestinian village3.9 km
- Umm ar-Rihanvillage council in Jenin Governorate1.9 km
- HinanitIsraeli settlement in the West Bank2.3 km
- ShakedIsraeli settlement in the West Bank1.7 km
- Tal MenasheIsraeli settlement1.8 km