Two townships on a ridge
Mevaseret Zion sits on a ridge about 750 m above sea level, 10 km west of Jerusalem, on both sides of the Jerusalem–Tel Aviv highway (Route 1). It joins two older townships under one local council: Maoz Zion, founded in 1951 for immigrants from Iraq, Kurdistan, North Africa and Iran, and Mevaseret Yerushalayim, founded in 1956 by immigrants from North Africa. They united in 1963; the newer neighbourhoods were built later. In 2024 the town had 24,409 residents in 15 neighbourhoods, and it is the wealthiest municipality per head in the Jerusalem District. See the neighbourhoods.
Shopping and banks
The Har'el Mall at the town entrance has about 80 businesses, and the Mevaseret Mall is across the highway. Leumi, Discount and Hapoalim have branches in town; see services and the shopping guide.
Health care
Register with a health fund (Clalit, Maccabi, Meuhedet or Leumit) and use the fund's own branch finder for the nearest clinic; our clinic list for Mevaseret is still thin. The Ministry of Health's family health clinic (Tipat Halav) is at HaShalom. The nearest large hospitals are Hadassah's two university hospitals in Jerusalem. For an ambulance call Magen David Adom on 101.
Government services
There is a National Insurance (Bituach Leumi) office in Mevaseret Zion; most other ministries, including the Ministry of Aliyah and Integration, are in Jerusalem. Book an aliyah advisor on gov.il (opens in a new tab).
Libraries
Mevaseret's public library is on Sderot HaHotzvim in Maoz Zion, and Har Adar has its own.