Wadi al-Joz

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Wadi al-Joz is a predominantly Palestinian neighborhood in East Jerusalem known for its light industrial zone, auto-repair workshops, and proximity to the Old City.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Wadi al-Joz canonical 3

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf neighborhood
urban district
accessRouteTo Mount of Olives
Old City of Jerusalem UNESCO World Heritage Site
surface form: Old City of Jerusalem
adjacentTo At-Tur
Bab az-Zahra neighborhood
Herod's Gate
Mount of Olives
Old City of Jerusalem UNESCO World Heritage Site
surface form: Old City of Jerusalem

Sheikh Jarrah
Silwan
claimedBy State of Palestine
country Israel
deFactoAuthority Israel
surface form: State of Israel
ethnicComposition Arab population majority
predominantly Palestinian
governedBy Jerusalem Municipality
hasDemographicTrend population growth in late 20th century
hasEconomicActivity automotive services
retail trade
small-scale manufacturing
hasEducationalFacility primary schools
secondary schools
hasInfrastructure community centers
local health clinics
hasLandUse commercial
light industrial
residential
hasReligiousSite several mosques
hasStreetPattern mix of narrow residential streets and industrial arteries
knownFor auto-repair workshops
car-parts market
light industrial zone
proximity to the Old City of Jerusalem
languageOfName Arabic
locatedIn East Jerusalem
Jerusalem
Jerusalem Governorate
Mount of Olives
surface form: Mount of Olives area
locatedInDisputedTerritory East Jerusalem
partOf Jerusalem Municipality
surface form: Jerusalem municipality
region Levant region
surface form: Levant
religiousComposition predominantly Muslim
timeZone Israel Standard Time
timeZoneDST Israel Daylight Time
toponymy name means Valley of the Walnuts in Arabic
urbanCharacter densely built
mixed residential-industrial

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Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

East Jerusalem contains Wadi al-Joz
Sheikh Jarrah borderedBy Wadi al-Joz
Ras al-Amud locatedNear Wadi al-Joz