Mashhad, Israel

Mashhad
Mashhad; מַשְׁהַד‎; مشهد‎;
Hebrew transcription(s)
• ISO 259	Mašhad
• Forby spelt	Meshhed (offeecial); Mashhed (unoffeecial)
	Mashhad
	Coordinates: 32°44′16.07″N 35°19′32.29″E / 32.7377972°N 35.3256361°ECoordinates: 32°44′16.07″N 35°19′32.29″E / 32.7377972°N 35.3256361°E
Destrict	Northren
Govrenment
• Teep	Local cooncil (frae 1960)
Area
• Total	7.286 km2 (2.813 sq mi)
Population (2005)
• Total	6,700
• Density	920/km2 (2,400/sq mi)

Mashhad (Hebrew: מַשְׁהַד‬, Arabic: مشهد‎, Mash-hed transliteration, grave o a holy man) is an Arab toun locatit 5 kilometer (3.1 mi) northeast o Nazareth in Israel's North Destrict. Accordin tae the Israeli Central Bureau o Statistics, the toun haed a population o 6,700 maistly Muslim inhabitants.^[1]^[2]

Mashhad became a local cooncil in 1960. The toun is said tae be the steid o Jonah's grave ^[2] an his birthplace (2 Keengs 14:25), cried Gath-Hefer in Biblical times, a veelage in the tribe o Zebulun (Joshua 19:13).

See an aw

Leet o Arab localities in Israel

References

↑ Population of Localities numbering above 1,000 residents Israeli Central Bureau o Statistics, pp.2.
↑ ^a ^b Mashhed (Israel): Description Gutterman, Dov. FOTW.

Bibliografie

Conder, Claude Reignier and H.H. Kitchener (1881): The Survey of Western Palestine: memoirs of the topography, orography, hydrography, and archaeology. London:Committee of the Palestine Exploration Fund. vol 1 p. 363.

[1] Population of Localities numbering above 1,000 residents Israeli Central Bureau o Statistics, pp.2.

[FOTW-2] Mashhed (Israel): Description Gutterman, Dov. FOTW.

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