cathedral
Church of the Nativity
One of the oldest continuously operating churches in the world, built over the traditional birthplace of Jesus.
21 km · about 25 min drive
West Bank, Palestine · Asia
Banī Na‘īm works well as a base: 5 minutes from Al Buq‘ah, 22km from Ein Gedi Nature Reserve.
Banī Na‘īm is a town located in West Bank, Palestine. With a population of 19,783, it is an important destination in Asia.
On a road trip, Banī Na‘īm sits in Palestine. It's in the Asia/Hebron time zone. Below you'll find where to stay, things to do nearby, and everything you need to add Banī Na‘īm to your route.
Bani Na'im (Arabic: بني نعيم, romanized: Banī Naʾīm, lit. 'children of bliss') is a town in the southern West Bank located 8 kilometers (5.0 mi) east of Hebron in the Hebron Governorate of Palestine. It is situated at a higher elevation than most localities in the area, with an altitude of 951 meters (3,120 ft). TheRead more
town is best known as the burial place of Lot, a fact already mentioned around 400 CE, when it was known as 'Caphar Barucha'. Following the Muslim conquest, its name was eventually Arabicized as Kafr al-Burayk. The tomb of Lot was turned into a mosque during Islamic rule and remained so under Crusader rule. Later, the Arab tribe of Bani Nu'aym settled there, giving the town its current name, Bani Na'im, first used by Muslim scholar Abd al-Ghani al-Nabulsi in 1690.
During the late 1930s, the population took part in the Arab Revolt against the British Mandate. Following the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, the town came under Jordanian rule. Since the 1967 Six-Day War, Bani Na'im has been occupied by Israel; since 1995, it has been governed by the Palestinian National Authority (PNA). In 2017 the town had a population of 24,628.
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Banī Na‘īm is located in West Bank, Palestine, Asia. The coordinates are 31.5159 latitude, 35.1642 longitude.
Banī Na‘īm has a population of approximately 19,783 people, making it a town in Palestine.
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cathedral
One of the oldest continuously operating churches in the world, built over the traditional birthplace of Jesus.
21 km · about 25 min drive
natural wonder
A lush oasis of waterfalls, pools, and wildlife on the shores of the Dead Sea in the Judean Desert.
22 km · about 25 min drive
museum
Israel's official memorial to the Holocaust, with deeply moving exhibits and a striking modernist museum built into a mountainside.
29 km · about 35 min drive
ancient ruins
An ancient Roman fortress atop an isolated rock plateau overlooking the Dead Sea, site of the last Jewish stand against Rome in 73 CE.
29 km · about 35 min drive
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Christianity's holiest site, built on the traditional locations of Jesus's crucifixion and burial.
30 km · about 35 min drive
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A walled sacred city of one square kilometer containing holy sites for Judaism, Christianity, and Islam within four historic quarters.
30 km · about 35 min drive
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The holiest site where Jews can pray, a 2,000-year-old limestone remnant of the Second Temple retaining wall in the Old City of Jerusalem.
30 km · about 35 min drive
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The iconic gold-domed Islamic shrine on the Temple Mount/Haram al-Sharif, built in 691 CE over the sacred Foundation Stone.
30 km · about 35 min drive
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