Silwan is located southwest of the Old City Walls and constitutes part of the Jerusalem's Holy Basin. The neighborhood has a narrow shape on a north-to-south axis. It is bounded by the City of David (Wadi Hilweh) and Abu Tor to the west and the Ras al-Amud neighborhood to east. Its southern tip touches the Jabel Mukaber neighborhood and its northern tip touches the Mount of Olives Jewish Cemetery.