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Umm Tuba, East Jerusalem — Area Guide & Where to Stay
Umm Tuba is a Palestinian Arab neighbourhood on the southern edge of East Jerusalem, joined to Sur Baher and north-east of Har Homa.
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Where to stay in Umm Tuba
The right area depends on your trip — here's what each neighbourhood is best for.
The address to book is East Jerusalem, not Umm Tuba. The rooms that serve this side of East Jerusalem sit further in, where a single base covers the whole municipal district of Jerusalem and still leaves Bethlehem within reach to the south-west. Kibbutz Ramat Rachel lies the other way.
Anyone wanting Palestinian ground underfoot can come out for the morning and be back in East Jerusalem by evening.
Few places to stay in Umm Tuba — most visitors book in East Jerusalem nearby.
About Umm Tuba
What are the main landmarks in Umm Tuba?
Whatever gets listed for Sur Baher stops short of Umm Tuba. The bearings do the work instead: Kibbutz Ramat Rachel lies to the north-west, Har Homa and Bethlehem to the south-west, and the rest of East Jerusalem to the north. Sur Baher is the whole frame.
What a visitor sees here is a Palestinian Arab neighbourhood at the southern reach of the municipal district of Jerusalem, joined to Sur Baher and looking out toward Har Homa.
What is the history of Umm Tuba?
The 1967 Six-Day War redrew what Umm Tuba belonged to. Umm Tuba was incorporated into the municipal district of Jerusalem after the fighting ended, and what had been a Palestinian Arab neighbourhood outside the city found itself administered from inside it. Sur Baher took the same turn.
Umm Tuba remains part of Sur Baher, sharing its streets and its standing at the southern end of East Jerusalem.
Where is Umm Tuba?
Umm Tuba lies south-east of Kibbutz Ramat Rachel and north-east of Har Homa and Bethlehem, at the far southern end of East Jerusalem.
Common questions
What is the best area to stay in Umm Tuba?
East Jerusalem: travellers who came for East Jerusalem whole and treat Umm Tuba as a morning out.
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Updated September 2026