Yatmā
Yatma is a Palestinian town in the Nablus Governorate in northern West Bank, located 15 kilometers south of Nablus.
Yatma is a Palestinian town in the Nablus Governorate in northern West Bank, located 15 kilometers south of Nablus. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS), the town had a population of 3,363 inhabitants in 2017.
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Worth seeing in and around Yatmā
2 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.
- 01Mount Sabih
Mount Sabih is a mountain located between 3 Palestinian villages, Qabalan, Yatma and Beita, south of Nablus. Mount Sabih has several peaks, the highest most southern of which was occupied in May 2021 by settlers who established an illegal Israeli outpost named Evyatar.
1.4 km · Mountain in Nablus · Wikipedia - 02khirbet a-Shuna
Khirbet esh-Shuna is an archaeological site in the central West Bank, just south of Deir 'Ammar. It lies on a flat hilltop above the spring of 'Ayn Ayyub and covers approximately 40 dunams.
2.3 km · archeological site · Wikipedia
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Getting to Yatmā
- Airports
- Ben Gurion (TLV), 38 km · Marka International (Amman Civil) (ADJ), 70 km · Queen Alia (AMM), 81 km
- Amman → Yatmā66 km · quickest by road, 2h 42m · JD4.5–6
- El Arish → Yatmā177 km · quickest by road, 5h 14m · E£410–550
- Damascus → Yatmā183 km · quickest by road, 4h 59m · $22–31
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Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Yatmā
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 Yatmā. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- 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.
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Next door to Yatmā
Yatmā is 36 km from East Jerusalem, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Kfar TapuachIsraeli Jewish settlement in the occupied West Bank2 km
- RehelimIsraeli settlement in the occupied West Bank1.2 km
- Yasufvillage council in Salfit Governorate3.1 km
- As-Sawiyavillage council in Nablus Governorate, West Bank, Palestine2.8 km
- Talfit, Nablusvillage council in Nablus Governorate3.1 km
- AsifIsraeli settlement in the West Bank3.3 km