Palestinian Territory topographic maps
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West Bank
The West Bank has an area of 5,628 square kilometres (2,173 sq mi), which comprises 21.2% of former Mandatory Palestine (excluding Jordan) and has generally rugged mountainous terrain. The total length of the land boundaries of the region are 404 kilometres (251 miles). The terrain is mostly rugged dissected…
Average elevation: 291 m

Gaza Strip
The topography of the Gaza Strip is dominated by three ridges parallel to the coastline, which consist of Pleistocene-Holocene aged calcareous aeolian (wind deposited) sandstones, locally referred to as "kurkar", intercalated with red-coloured fine grained paleosols, referred to as "hamra". The three ridges…
Average elevation: 44 m

Dead Sea
Palestinian Territory > Judea and Samaria > Area C
The lake's surface is 430.5 metres (1,412 ft) below sea level, making its shores the lowest land-based elevation on Earth. It is 304 m (997 ft) deep, the deepest hypersaline lake in the world. With a salinity of 342 g/kg, or 34.2% (in 2011), it is one of the world's saltiest bodies of water – 9.6 times as…
Average elevation: 105 m

Talmon
Palestinian Territory > Judea and Samaria > Area C
Located at an elevation of nearly 600 metres and 18 km east of Modiin, it is organised as a community settlement and falls under the jurisdiction of Mateh Binyamin Regional Council. In 2022, it had a population of 5,379.
Average elevation: 522 m

Beit El
Palestinian Territory > Judea and Samaria > Area C
Beit El, with a higher elevation than Jerusalem, has cool nights in summer and occasional snow in winter. The Pisgat Ya'akov neighborhood (also named Jabel Artis) has a hilltop observatory with a commanding view of the surrounding hills. Tel Aviv area and Mount Hermon can be seen on clear days.
Average elevation: 835 m

Efrat
Palestinian Territory > Judea and Samaria > Area C
Efrat (Hebrew: אֶפְרָת), or previously officially Efrata (Hebrew: אֶפְרָתָה), is an Israeli settlement in the West Bank, established in 1983 in the Judean Mountains. Efrat is located 12 kilometers (7.5 mi) south of Jerusalem, between Bethlehem and Hebron, 6.5 km (4 mi) east of the Green Line,…
Average elevation: 880 m

Nabi Daniel
Palestinian Territory > Judea and Samaria > Area C > Beitar Ilit > Sde Boaz
Average elevation: 885 m

Khallet Afana
Palestinian Territory > Judea and Samaria > Area C > Beitar Ilit
Average elevation: 909 m

Nablus
Palestinian Territory > Area A
Insofar as the hilly topography of the site would allow, the city was built on a Roman grid plan and settled with veterans who fought in the victorious legions and other foreign colonists. In the 2nd century CE, Emperor Hadrian built a grand theater in Neapolis that could seat up to 7,000 people. Coins found…
Average elevation: 645 m

Hebron
Palestinian Territory > Area H1
It is one of the highest cities in the area and was, until the 19th century, considered the highest city in the Middle East. With the governorate and metropolitan area, it forms about 19% of the West Bank total area. The city is surrounded by several mountains and hills, including the Hebron Hills (Jabal…
Average elevation: 901 m

Ramallah
Palestinian Territory > Area A
Ramallah (UK: /rəˈmælə/ rə-MAL-ə, US: /rəˈmɑːlə/ rə-MAH-lə; Arabic: رام الله, romanized: Rām Allāh, lit. 'God's Height') is a Palestinian city in the central West Bank that serves as the de facto administrative capital of the State of Palestine. It is situated on the Judaean Mountains,…
Average elevation: 795 m

Rotem
Palestinian Territory > Judea and Samaria > Area C > Arvot Hayarden Regional Council
Average elevation: -120 m

Jenin
Palestinian Territory > Area A
Jenin is situated at the foot of the rugged northernmost hills (Jabal Nablus) of the West Bank, and along the southern edge of the Jezreel Valley (Marj Ibn Amer),[65] which the city overlooks.[66] Its highest elevation is about 250 meters above sea level and its lowest areas are 90 meters above sea level.[67]…
Average elevation: 223 m

Beit Fajjar
Palestinian Territory > Area B
The site's high altitude was the highest point in the area and later the town expanded into other hills. During British rule in Palestine in the 1920s-1940s, Beit Fajjar was used as an observation point for the Bethlehem-Hebron area.
Average elevation: 878 m

Hamra
Palestinian Territory > Judea and Samaria > Area C > Arvot Hayarden Regional Council
Average elevation: -28 m

Yafit
Palestinian Territory > Judea and Samaria > Area C > Arvot Hayarden Regional Council
Average elevation: -205 m

Meithalun
Palestinian Territory > Area A > Meithalun
The town is situated along the western edge of Marj Sanur, a valley and seasonal lake. It is the largest locality, of seven total, bordering Marj Sanur and controls the largest share of its fertile lands. It has an average elevation of 385 meters above sea level and is not elevated from its immediate…
Average elevation: 403 m

Bethlehem
Palestinian Territory > Area A
Bethlehem is located at an elevation of about 775 meters (2,543 ft) above sea level, 30 meters (98 ft) higher than nearby Jerusalem.[71] Bethlehem is situated on the Judean Mountains.
Average elevation: 705 m

Nablus
Palestinian Territory > Judea and Samaria > Nablus
Insofar as the hilly topography of the site would allow, the city was built on a Roman grid plan and settled with veterans who fought in the victorious legions and other foreign colonists. In the 2nd century CE, Emperor Hadrian built a grand theater in Neapolis that could seat up to 7,000 people. Coins found…
Average elevation: 414 m

Tubas
Palestinian Territory > Judea and Samaria > Jenin > Tubas
In the late 19th century during Ottoman rule in Palestine, groups of Arabs belonging to the Daraghmeh clan—mostly shepherds and farmers who lived in the Jordan Valley—migrated northward to the site because of its fertile ground, proximity to several springs, and its high elevation compared to the Jordan…
Average elevation: 377 m