Places To Visit When Visiting Ramallah

Daniel Sahwany
5 min readFeb 5, 2021

Ramallah is a town on the West Bank north of Jerusalem and adjacent to a town called Al-Birth. A more accurate description of Ramallah’s location would be within the best bank region, about 15km north of the ancient city of Jerusalem. It is a small city with Ramallah’s City’s population of 42,000. Al Berih’s population is 49,000. And, Ramallah and the villages around the villages has a population of 355,000

Ramallah is known for its relaxed religious atmosphere. There are several movie theatres and cafes spread across its main streets. It is an ancient settlement saturated with buildings that incorporate Masonry dating back to the era of Herod the Great, who reigned from 37–4 BCE. However, there is no complete structure that antedates the crusades of the 11th century CE.

Its magnificent geographical beauty has earned it the title, “the Bride of Palestine.”

The History of Ramallah

The city of Ramallah was administered as part of the British mandate of Palestine from 1920–1948. The city was then part of the West Bank territory, which was captured by the Arab forces. Subsequently, the town was annexed by Jordan.

Ramallah then came under the control of Isreal after the Six-Day war of 1967. And in the wake of 1993, it fell under the authority of the Palestine…

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I’m Daniel Sahwany, Christian Private guide, I have 10 years of extensive guiding experience.