Ash-Shuhada
Sign in to saveAsh-Shuhada (, ''martyrs' triangle'') is a Palestinian village in the Jenin Governorate of Palestine, located 5 km southwest of the city of Jenin, in the northern West Bank. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the town had a population of 1,738 inhabitants in mid-year 2006 and 2,299 by 2017.
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Place details
- Locality
- مخيم جنين
- Region
- West Bank
- Country
- الأراضي الفلسطينية
- Population
- 1,727
- Timezone
- Asia/Hebron
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- Instance of
- village
- Country
- Palestine
- Located in
- Jenin Governorate
- Elevation
- +301
- Time zone
- UTC+03:00
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Ash-Shuhada (, ''martyrs' triangle'') is a Palestinian village in the Jenin Governorate of Palestine, located 5 km southwest of the city of Jenin, in the northern West Bank. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the town had a population of 1,738 inhabitants in mid-year 2006 and 2,299 by 2017.
==History== Just east of the modern village (at grid 1758/2041), large amounts of pottery sherds have been found, all dating to the Middle Bronze Age IIB.