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Location

Where it sits, and what is around it

Sebastia is about 8 km north-west of Nablus. The nearest other World Heritage site is Biblical Tels, about 35 km away.

Nearest towns and cities

  • Nablus · about 216,000 peopleabout 8 km south-east
  • Ramallah · about 25,000 peopleabout 40 km south
  • Tel Aviv · about 3,112,000 peopleabout 45 km south-west
  • Nazareth · about 151,000 peopleabout 50 km north
  • Ramla · about 64,000 peopleabout 50 km south-west
  • Jerusalem · about 1,029,000 peopleabout 55 km south
SebastiaTel AvivNablusAs SaltWhite City of Tel AvivAs-Salt20 km
The site is ringed; towns and other World Heritage sites are shown for context, and the dashed circle is the size of the site's area.

Nearby World Heritage sites

The nearest neighbours, as the crow flies

Map of Sebastia and the 5 nearest World Heritage sitesBiblical Tels1White City of Tel Aviv2Beit She'arim Necropolis3Mount Carmel Human Evolution Sites4Ancient Jericho: Tell es-Sultan5Sebastia
Markers: square cultural, circle natural, diamond mixed.

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