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Yaţţā

Yatta, also known as Yattah or Yutta, is a Palestinian city located in the Hebron Governorate of the State of Palestine, in the West Bank, approximately 8 km south of the city of Hebron.

Yaţţā
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The place

Yatta, also known as Yattah or Yutta, is a Palestinian city located in the Hebron Governorate of the State of Palestine, in the West Bank, approximately 8 km south of the city of Hebron.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

Worth seeing in and around Yaţţā

10 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
    Oak of Mamre

    The Oak of Mamre or Oak of Sibta at Khirbet es-Sibte or Ain Sibta in Hebron in the West Bank, is a site venerated by some as the "Oak of Abraham". It is distinct from the more ancient site of Mamre.

    9.8 km · venerated site in the West Bank · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    Palestine Polytechnic University

    Palestine Polytechnic University is a university located in Hebron, West Bank, Palestine. The school was founded in 1978 by the University Graduates Union.

    9.6 km · university in Hebron, West Bank, Palestine · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    Al-Jawali Mosque

    Al-Jawali Mosque or Amir Sanjar al-Jawli Mosque is a mosque in Hebron, Palestine, located in the southwestern corner of the Old City and part of the Ibrahimi Mosque sanctuary.

    8.8 km · Mosque in Hebron, Palestine · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    Dura International Stadium

    Dura International Stadium is a football stadium in the city of Dura in the Hebron Governorate, Palestine. It was opened in 1965 and was renovated in 1999 and 2011.

    8.6 km · stadium in Dura, West Bank, Palestine · Wikipedia
  5. 05
    Abraham Avinu Synagogue

    The Abraham Avinu Synagogue is a synagogue, located in the Jewish Quarter of Avraham Avinu in the Old City of Hebron, West Bank, Palestine. Built by Sephardic Jews led by Hakham Malkiel Ashkenazi in 1540, its domed structure represented the physical center of the Jewish Quarter of the Old City of Hebron.

    8.6 km · Synagogue in the city of Hebron · Wikipedia
  6. 06
    Old Jewish Cemetery, Hebron

    The old Jewish cemetery in Hebron is located on a hill to the west of the Tomb of Machpela. It has been used as a Jewish cemetery for hundreds of years.

    8.7 km · ancient Jewish Cemetery in Hebron · Wikipedia
  7. 07
    Sheikh Ali al-Bakka Mosque

    The Sheikh Ali al-Bakka Mosque, also known as the Shaykh Ali al-Baka Mosque, is a 13th-century mosque in the northwestern section of the Old City of Hebron in the southern West Bank, Palestine. It is situated in the Harat ash-Sheikh quarter, one of the Old City's quarters, which is named after the mosque.

    9.1 km · mosque in Hebron, West Bank, Palestine · Wikipedia
  8. 08
    Eshtemoa synagogue

    The Eshtemoa synagogue is an ancient Jewish synagogue, dating from the late-Roman and Byzantine periods, uncovered in the modern town of as-Samu' in the southern Hebron Hills of the West Bank, Palestine. The synagogue is a rectangular building oriented roughly east–west, with an eastern exedra.

    5.7 km · The synagogue of the Jewish community Eshtemoa in the Land of Israel · Wikipedia
  9. 09
    Al-Omari Mosque, Dura

    The Al-Omari Mosque is a mosque located in the center of Dura, a city in Hebron Governorate, West Bank, Palestine. It is considered one of the city's most significant archaeological and historical landmarks, and one of the oldest mosques in Dura.

    8.8 km · Mosque in Dura, Hebron, West Bank, Palestine · Wikipedia
  10. 10
    Maqam Nabi Noah, Hebron

    The Maqam Nabi Noah is a mosque and shrine in Dura, Hebron Governorate, West Bank, Palestine. The location is associated with Noah, who is a prophet in Islam.

    9 km · mosque in Dura, 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.

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Getting to Yaţţā

Airports
Ben Gurion (TLV), 66 km · Queen Alia (AMM), 91 km · Marka International (Amman Civil) (ADJ), 103 km
  • Tel Aviv → Yaţţā
    77 km · quickest by road, 2h 20m · ₪34–45
  • Amman → Yaţţā
    98 km · quickest by road, 2h 57m · JD6–8
  • El Arish → Yaţţā
    128 km · quickest by road, 3h 51m · E£275–365
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Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Yaţţā

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

What Wikivoyage says about moving around
  • Go nextNearby popular sights in the West Bank, that allow for a day trip from Hebron, include Tor-Safa Cave, Taffuh Underground Church, Tomb of Prophet Lot and Birkat al-Karmil (Holy Pool).

From Wikivoyage: Hebron, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-07.

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

    12 ways of moving, 17 sources

    130 km
  2. 02
    Wadi RumJO

    8 ways of moving, 23 sources

    211 km
  3. 03
    DahabEG

    8 ways of moving, 29 sources

    333 km
  4. 04
    KastellorizoGR

    8 ways of moving, 27 sources

    729 km
  5. 05
    NaxosGR

    12 ways of moving, 17 sources

    1,081 km

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Around it

Next door to Yaţţā

Yaţţā is 38 km from Jerusalem, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.

  • HebronPalestian city in the occupied West Bank9.7 km
  • Cavern of the Patriarchsseries of caves located in the heart of the old city of Hebron8.8 km
  • Dura, HebronCity controlled by the State of Palestine8.8 km
  • Kiryat ArbaCommunity and local council in near Hebron9.4 km
  • as-SamuMunicipality in Hebron Governorate. Its name preserves the name of the Jewish settlement, from biblical times to the 4th century, Eshtemoa. Identified as the biblical hearsay by the scholar Edward Robinson5.7 km
  • Old City of Hebronhistorical city center controlled by Palestinian Authority8.8 km