El-Wad Street

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El-Wad Street is one of the main thoroughfares in Jerusalem’s Old City, running through the Muslim Quarter and serving as a bustling commercial and pilgrimage route.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Al-Wad Road 1
El-Wad Street canonical 1
El-Wad Street (Ha-Wad Street) 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf street
thoroughfare
connectsTo Aqsa Mosque compound vicinity
linked to: Al-Aqsa Mosque

Damascus Gate
Via Dolorosa
Western Wall area
linked to: Western Wall Plaza
contains residential entrances
shops
stalls
country Israel
governedBy Jerusalem Municipality
hasCharacteristic bustling
market street
narrow
hasCulturalContext Muslim Quarter bazaar life
multi-religious pilgrimage environment
hasFunction access route to holy sites
souq (market) street
hasLanguageEnvironment Arabic
English
Hebrew
hasNameInArabic حارة الواد
hasNameInHebrew רחוב אל-ואד
hasNameVariant El Wad Road
El-Wad Street (Ha-Wad Street)
linked to: El-Wad Street
historicalSignificance part of traditional Christian pilgrimage paths in the Old City
traditional route for Muslim pilgrims to Al-Aqsa Mosque
locatedIn Jerusalem
Jerusalem District
Muslim Quarter
Old City of Jerusalem
State of Israel
linked to: Israel
near Al-Aqsa Mosque
Church of the Holy Sepulchre
Temple Mount
orientation north–south
partOf UNESCO World Heritage Site Old City of Jerusalem and its Walls
historic street network of the Old City of Jerusalem
pavementType stone
region Middle East
runsThrough Christian Quarter
Muslim Quarter
trafficType primarily pedestrian
urbanRole one of the main north–south axes of the Old City
usedFor commercial activity
pedestrian traffic
pilgrimage route

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

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

Muslim Quarter hasStreet El-Wad Street
Muslim Quarter hasStreet Al-Wad Road
linked to: El-Wad Street
El-Wad Street hasNameVariant El-Wad Street (Ha-Wad Street)
linked to: El-Wad Street