ancient ruins
Caesarea Maritima
A spectacular Roman-era port city with a grand amphitheater, aqueducts, and crusader fortifications on the Mediterranean coast.
28 km · about 30 min drive
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Bal‘ā
West Bank, Palestine · Asia
About Bal‘ā
Bal‘ā is worth a stop: 5 minutes from Kafr al Labad, 28km from Caesarea Maritima.
Bal‘ā is in West Bank, Palestine, with about 6,500 people. The nearest town is Kafr al Labad, about 4 km away.
Bal'a (Arabic: بلعا) is a Palestinian town in the Tulkarm Governorate, located approximately nine kilometers northeast of Tulkarm in the northern West Bank and three kilometers away from the highway connecting Tulkarm with Nablus.
According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS), the town had aRead more
population of approximately 6,604 in 2007 and 7,822 in 2017. In 1922, the town had a population of 1,259 nearly doubled to 2,220 in 1945. After Israel's occupation of the town in 1967 after the Six-Day War, Bal'a inhabitants numbered 3,800 after dozens of families from nearby towns such as, Deir al-Ghusun settled there after being expelled.
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is there to see near Bal‘ā?
Within an hour or so of Bal‘ā: Caesarea Maritima (28 km), Old Jaffa (46 km), Abu Hassan (Ali Karavan) (46 km), Ajloun Castle (58 km).
Are there any good drives near Bal‘ā?
The nearest famous roads are King's Highway.
Where is Bal‘ā?
Bal‘ā is in West Bank, Palestine, about 4 km from Kafr al Labad.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 6,545
- Continent
- Asia
- Country
- Palestine
- Region
- West Bank
- Timezone
- Asia/Hebron
- Coordinates
- 32.3339, 35.1116
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Worth the detour from Bal‘ā
4 notable places within an hour's drive.
landmark
Old Jaffa
One of the oldest port cities in the world with 4,000 years of history, now an artists' quarter with galleries, restaurants, and views of Tel Aviv's skyline.
46 km · about 55 min drive
restaurant
Abu Hassan (Ali Karavan)
A Jaffa hummus counter running since 1971, famous for masabacha made with whole chickpeas and extra tahini. It sells out and closes by mid-afternoon, and the queue starts well before that.
46 km · about 55 min drive
castle
Ajloun Castle
A 12th-century Ayyubid castle built by Saladin's general on a hilltop to control the Jordan Valley iron mines and counter Crusader expansion.
58 km · about 65 min drive
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- 66 kmMount ArbelA cliff dropping 380m to the Sea of Galilee, with fortified caves cut into its face by Jewish rebels and a lookout taking in the whole lake to the Golan. Israel's only base-jumping mountain.
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