Hizma
Sign in to saveHizma () is a Palestinian town in the Jerusalem Governorate, seven kilometers from Jerusalem's Old City. The town, mostly located in Area C of the West Bank, borders four Israeli settlements, Neve Yaakov and Pisgat Ze'ev (both officially considered part of Jerusalem), Geva Binyamin and Almon.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Hizma
- Settlement.translit_lang1
- Arabic
- Settlement.translit_lang1_type
- Arabic
- Settlement.translit_lang1_info
- حزما
- Settlement.translit_lang1_type1
- Latin
- Settlement.translit_lang1_info1
- Hizme (official)
- Settlement.type
- Municipality type C
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Hizme02.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- Hizma
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Palestine
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location of Hizma within Palestine
- Settlement.grid_name
- Palestine grid
- Settlement.grid_position
- 175/138
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- State
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- State of Palestine
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Governorate
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Quds
- Settlement.established_title
- Founded
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- town
- Country
- Palestine
- Located in
- Quds Governorate
- Area
- +4.60
- Shares border with
- Jerusalem
- Image
- חיזמא.JPG
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Article
16 sectionsContents
- History
- Iron Age
- Roman period
- Byzantine period
- Ottoman period
- British Mandate
- Jordanian period (1948-1967)
- Israeli occupation (since 1967)
- West Bank barrier
- Israeli administration
- Economy
- People from Hizma
- Notes
- Citations
- Bibliography
- External links
Hizma () is a Palestinian town in the Jerusalem Governorate, seven kilometers from Jerusalem's Old City. The town, mostly located in Area C of the West Bank, borders four Israeli settlements, Neve Yaakov and Pisgat Ze'ev (both officially considered part of Jerusalem), Geva Binyamin and Almon.
Hizma is identified with the biblical town of Azmaveth of the Israelite tribe of Benjamin. Archaeological findings confirm a Jewish presence during Roman times, marked by a thriving stoneware industry, and the discovery of a burial cave housing ossuaries inscribed in the Hebrew alphabet. Byzantine period ceramics were also found at the site. Throughout Ottoman, British, and Jordanian rule, Hizma was a small village inhabited by Muslims.