Astronomical Site

Jerusalem city located on the longitude 35 degrees 13 minutes east longitude, latitude 31 degrees, 52 minutes north.

Geographical location

Characterized by the city of Jerusalem geographical location important, because of its location on a plateau of Jerusalem and over the mountain peaks, which represents Central series of the Palestinian territories, which in turn represent the division line of water between the Jordan Valley to the east and the Mediterranean Sea to the west, has made it easier to have to relate to all the parties, a link in the chain stretching from north to south over the mountain peaks of the Palestinian Heights and linked to major ways penetrate the highlands of the far north to the far south, and that there are ways this cross cut the main roads linking the Jordan Valley Palestinian coast

First creation
The emergence of the first nucleus of the city of Jerusalem was on the (Tel Oovil) overlooking the village of Silwan, which has been helped by a spring of water in the water supply to the population, but they were abandoned and moved to another place is (Mount pesetas) and high Moriah, which is located by the Dome of the Rock. Was informed of this region by walls that remained intact even built the Ottoman sultan (Suleiman the Magnificent) Year 1542 wall that still stands, identifying the limits of ancient Jerusalem geographically, having had its wall extending north until he arrived at one stage to the mosque known area (Saad and Saeed Mosque )

In the late nineteenth century and early twentieth century, is no longer an area to accommodate population growth, began to sprawl outside the fence, and in all those new neighborhoods, which later became known as Jerusalem's new featured, in addition to associated with the city's suburbs, which was, and still villages subsidiary, has urban sprawl has taken two directions: one north and the other south-west

As a result of the emergence of the settlement suburbs in the Arab region, have been working on drawing municipal boundaries in a way linked to the Jewish presence, as it extended the line from the west side of several kilometers, while the limited extension of the southern and eastern sides on a few hundred meters, stop the boundary line in front of the entrances to the neighboring Arab villages of the city, including the large Arab villages outside the municipal limits (Tur, Shu'fat, Deir Yassin, striking, Silwan, Issawiya, Ein Karem saline, Beit Safafa) with that of the villages bordering the city until almost the outskirts of the suburbs was then the demarcation of municipal boundaries in 1921