Judean Mountains

The Judean Mountains (Hebrew: הרי יהודה Transliteration: Harei-Yehuda; commonly referred to in English as Hills of Judea) is the mountain range on which Jerusalem, the capital city of Israel, is located. Running generally north-south, the mountains extend both to the west and east of Jerusalem. Other important cities in the mountain range are Hebron, Bethlehem and Ramallah. The range forms a natural division between the Shephelah coastal plains to the west and the Jordan Rift Valley to the east.