Al-Mujaydil
Sign in to saveAl-Mujaydil ( (also: al-Mujeidil) was an Arab-Palestinian village located 6 km southwest of Nazareth. Al-Mujaydil was one of a few towns that achieved local council status by the Mandatory Palestine government. In 1945, the village had a population of 1,900 and total land area of 18,836 dunams – mostly Arab-owned. The population was partly Christian and the town contained a Roman Catholic church and monastery.
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Place details
- Locality
- מגדל העמק
- Region
- מחוז הצפון
- Country
- ישראל
- Population
- 25,675
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Key facts
- Settlement.name
- al-Mujaydil
- Settlement.native_name
- المْجيدل
- Settlement.native_name_lang
- ar
- Settlement.imagesize
- 200px
- Settlement.image_caption
- Al-Mujaydil church
- Settlement.etymology
- The little watch-tower
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Mandatory Palestine
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location within Mandatory Palestine
- Settlement.map_caption
- A series of historical maps of the area around Al-Mujaydil (click the buttons)
- Settlement.pushpin_mapsize
- 200
- Settlement.grid_name
- Palestine grid
- Settlement.grid_position
- 173/231
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Geopolitical entity
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Mandatory Palestine
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Subdistrict
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Nazareth
- Settlement.established_title1
- Date of depopulation
- Settlement.established_date1
- 15 July 1948
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Country
- Mandatory Palestine
- Located in
- Nazareth Subdistrict
- Population
- 1241
- Area
- 18836
- Elevation
- 230
- Image
- Mujeidel.jpg
- Significant event
- Operation Dekel
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- Commons category
- Al-Mujaydil
- structure replaced by
- Migdal HaEmek
- dissolved, abolished or demolished date
- 1948-07-15
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Encyclopedic overview
8 sectionsContents
- History
- Ottoman era
- British Mandate era
- 1948 and aftermath
- Notable descendants
- References
- Bibliography
- External links
Al-Mujaydil ( (also: al-Mujeidil) was an Arab-Palestinian village located 6 km southwest of Nazareth. Al-Mujaydil was one of a few towns that achieved local council status by the Mandatory Palestine government. In 1945, the village had a population of 1,900 and total land area of 18,836 dunams – mostly Arab-owned. The population was partly Christian and the town contained a Roman Catholic church and monastery.
After the 1948 depopulation of Palestine, it was destroyed and overbuilt by Migdal HaEmek.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Al-Mujaydil” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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