List of East Jerusalem locations explained

This is a list of locations in Jerusalem sometimes described by the term East Jerusalem:

Locations in Jordanian municipality (1949–1967)

See main article: Jordanian annexation of the West Bank. The following locations were included within the borders of the Jordanian municipality in the eastern part of the city between 1949 and 1967:

• American Colony
• The Garden Tomb
• Bab a-Zahara
• Old City of Jerusalem
  • Armenian Quarter
  • Christian Quarter
  • Jewish Quarter
  • Muslim Quarter
• Sheikh Jarrah
• Silwan (added in Jordan's 1961 municipal expansion)
• Wadi al-Joz

Locations in expanded Jerusalem municipality (1967–present)

See also: Jerusalem Governorate, East Jerusalem, Green Line (Israel) and Status of Jerusalem. The following locations were included within the borders of the Israeli municipality after its expansion following the 1967 Six-Day War, formalised in the 1980 Israeli Jerusalem Law:

• At-Tur
• Beit Hanina
• Beit Safafa
• Jabel Mukaber
• Jebel Batan al-Hawa
• Kafr 'Aqab
• Ras al-Amud
• Sawahra al-Arbiya
• Sharafat
• Shuafat
• Sur Baher
• Umm Tuba

External links

• B'Tselem – The Separation Barrier
• Large PDF map of the West Bank that shows details of Jerusalem and surroundings