Muqeible
Sign in to saveMuqeible or Muqeibla (, ), meaning "The front place", is an Arab town in Israel's Northern District, situated in the Jezreel Valley between Jenin in the West Bank and the Ta'anakh area. It is a part of the Gilboa Regional Council. In , its population was . The inhabitants are Muslims and Christians.
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- Locality
- מועצה אזורית גלבוע
- Region
- מחוז הצפון
- Country
- ישראל
- Population
- 4,081
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- village
- Country
- Israel
- Located in
- Gilboa Regional Council
- Population
- 440
- Elevation
- 91
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
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Muqeible or Muqeibla (, ), meaning "The front place", is an Arab town in Israel's Northern District, situated in the Jezreel Valley between Jenin in the West Bank and the Ta'anakh area. It is a part of the Gilboa Regional Council. In , its population was . The inhabitants are Muslims and Christians.
==History== thumb|right|250px|Muqeible, named Meqbeleh on the map by Pierre Jacotin from 1799 During the Roman-era, a town called "Muqeibleh" stood at the site. Byzantine-era settlement is attested to archaeologically by a well and pottery workshops from that period near the present village.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Muqeible” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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