Mikhmas
Sign in to saveMukhmas () is a Palestinian village in the Jerusalem Governorate, located northeast of Jerusalem, in the center of the West Bank. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the town had a population of 1,363 in 2017.
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Place details
- Locality
- مخماس
- Region
- West Bank
- Country
- الأراضي الفلسطينية
- Population
- 1,461
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Mukhmas
- Settlement.translit_lang1
- Arabic
- Settlement.translit_lang1_type
- Arabic
- Settlement.type
- Municipality type D (Village council)
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Mukhmus93.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- Mikhmas from the west
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Palestine
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location of Mukhmas within Palestine
- Settlement.grid_name
- Palestine grid
- Settlement.grid_position
- 176/142
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- State
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- State of Palestine
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- village
- Country
- Mandatory Palestine
- Located in
- Quds Governorate
- Population
- +774
- Area
- +13000
- Elevation
- +1980
- Image
- Mukhmus93.jpg
via Wikidata · CC0
Article
12 sectionsContents
- Location
- History
- Antiquity
- Byzantine period
- Ottoman era
- British Mandate era
- Jordanian era
- Post 1967
- Footnotes
- References
- Bibliography
- External links
Mukhmas () is a Palestinian village in the Jerusalem Governorate, located northeast of Jerusalem, in the center of the West Bank. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the town had a population of 1,363 in 2017.
During the early Ottoman period, it was a Muslim village with a population engaged in agriculture. Following the Oslo Accords, Mukhmas' jurisdiction, now under the Palestinian Authority, is divided between Areas B and C.