Mikhmas
For the Biblical locality, see Michmash.
| Mukhmas | |
|---|---|
| Other transcription(s) | |
| • Arabic | مُخماس |
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Mikhmas from the west | |
  Mukhmas Location of Mukhmas within the Palestinian territories | |
| Coordinates: 31°52′22.14″N 35°16′36.69″E / 31.8728167°N 35.2768583°ECoordinates: 31°52′22.14″N 35°16′36.69″E / 31.8728167°N 35.2768583°E | |
| Governorate | Jerusalem |
| Government | |
| • Type | Village council |
| Population (2006) | |
| • Jurisdiction | 1,878 |
Mikhmas (Arabic: مُخماس) is a Palestinian town in the Jerusalem Governorate, located 8 kilometers Northeast of Jerusalem in the central West Bank. According to a census conducted in 1931 by the British Mandate authorities, Mikhmas had a population of 404 inhabitants, in 80 houses.[1] According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the town had a population of 1,878 in 2006.[2]
Footnotes
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- Barron, J. B., ed. (1923). Palestine: Report and General Abstracts of the Census of 1922. Government of Palestine.
- Clermont-Ganneau, Charles Simon (1896). [ARP] Archaeological Researches in Palestine 1873-1874, translated from the French by J. McFarlane. 2. London: Palestine Exploration Fund. (p. 282)
- Conder, Claude Reignier; Kitchener, Herbert H. (1883). The Survey of Western Palestine: Memoirs of the Topography, Orography, Hydrography, and Archaeology. 3. London: Committee of the Palestine Exploration Fund. (pp. 12, 149)
- Dauphin, Claudine (1998). La Palestine byzantine, Peuplement et Populations. BAR International Series 726 (in French). III : Catalogue. Oxford: Archeopress. ISBN 0-860549-05-4. (pp. 841–2)
- Department of Statistics (1945). Village Statistics, April, 1945. Government of Palestine.
- Guérin, Victor (1869). Description Géographique Historique et Archéologique de la Palestine (in French). 1: Judee, pt. 3. Paris: L'Imprimerie Nationale. p. 63
- Hadawi, Sami (1970). Village Statistics of 1945: A Classification of Land and Area ownership in Palestine. Palestine Liberation Organization Research Center.
- Hütteroth, Wolf-Dieter; Abdulfattah, Kamal (1977). Historical Geography of Palestine, Transjordan and Southern Syria in the Late 16th Century. Erlanger Geographische Arbeiten, Sonderband 5. Erlangen, Germany: Vorstand der Fränkischen Geographischen Gesellschaft. ISBN 3-920405-41-2. (p. 116)
- Mills, E., ed. (1932). Census of Palestine 1931. Population of Villages, Towns and Administrative Areas (PDF). Jerusalem: Government of Palestine.
- Palmer, E. H. (1881). The Survey of Western Palestine: Arabic and English Name Lists Collected During the Survey by Lieutenants Conder and Kitchener, R. E. Transliterated and Explained by E.H. Palmer. Committee of the Palestine Exploration Fund. (p. 323)
- Socin, A. (1879). "Alphabetisches Verzeichniss von Ortschaften des Paschalik Jerusalem". Zeitschrift des Deutschen Palästina-Vereins. 2: 135–163. (p. 158)
External links
- Welcome to Mikhmas
- Survey of Western Palestine, Map 17: IAA, Wikimedia commons
- Mukhmas village (fact sheet)
- Mikhmas village profile
- Mikhmas aerial photo
- Locality Development Priorities and Needs in Mukhmas
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