Umm ar-Rihan
Umm ar-Rehan is a Palestinian village of 447 inhabitants located high on the northwestern hills of the Jenin Governorate of the State of Palestine, 14 kilometers (8.7 mi) from Jenin.
Umm ar-Rehan is a Palestinian village of 447 inhabitants located high on the northwestern hills of the Jenin Governorate of the State of Palestine, 14 kilometers (8.7 mi) from Jenin. It is one of a number of Palestinian villages that are now located within enclaves in the Seam Zone
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Worth seeing in and around Umm ar-Rihan
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.
3.7 km · Industrial park in Israel · Wikipedia
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Getting to Umm ar-Rihan
- Airports
- Ben Gurion (TLV), 58 km · Marka International (Amman Civil) (ADJ), 98 km · Queen Alia (AMM), 117 km
- Tel Aviv → Umm ar-Rihan56 km · quickest by road, 1h 31m · ₪25–33
- Eilat → Umm ar-Rihan326 km · quickest by road, 6h 31m · ₪130–175
- Amman → Umm ar-Rihan96 km · quickest by road, 3h 8m · JD6–7
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No local-transport research exists yet for Umm ar-Rihan
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 Umm ar-Rihan. 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.
From Wikivoyage: Jenin, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-08.
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Next door to Umm ar-Rihan
Umm ar-Rihan is 56 km from Tel Aviv, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Umm al-FahmArab-populated city in Israel3.7 km
- 'AninPalestinian village3.1 km
- HinanitIsraeli settlement in the West Bank2.9 km
- ShakedIsraeli settlement in the West Bank2.8 km
- Tura al-Gharbiyavillage council in Jenin Governorate1.9 km
- Mei Amihuman settlement in Israel2.4 km