Mukhmas
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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: יעקב, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Village with 1,360 residents
- Description: village council in Jerusalem Governorate
- Also known as: “Mikhmas” and “Mukhmās”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Shaar Binyamin and Qubur Bani Isra’il.
Shaar Binyamin
Police station
Photo: Atefrat, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Sha'ar Binyamin is an Israeli light industrial park in the occupied West Bank, built in 1998 over land expropriated from the Palestinian villages of Jaba' and Mukhmas.
Qubur Bani Isra’il
Archaeological site
Photo: Chesdovi, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Qubur Bene Isra'in or Qubur Bani Isra'il, are four, formerly five, huge stone structures dated to the Middle Bronze Age, which rise from a rocky plateau overlooking Wadi Qelt in the West Bank, about 3.5 miles northeast of Jerusalem, between Hizma and Geva Binyamin along Highway 437. Qubur Bani Isra’il is situated 3½ km south of Mukhmas.
Yeshivat Hekhal Eliyahu
College
Photo: יוסף לברן, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Yeshivat Hekhal Eliyahu is a college, which is situated 3½ km west of Mukhmas.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include The new Migron and Old Migron.
Old Migron
Hamlet
Photo: עדירל, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Migron is an Israeli outpost in the West Bank, located within 2 km of a former outpost by the same name, that was relocated to its present site on 2 September 2012.
Geva Binyamin
Village
Photo: מיכאלי, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Geva Binyamin, also known as Adam, is an Israeli settlement in the West Bank, built over land expropriated from the Palestinian village of Jaba'. It is organised as a community settlement and falls under the jurisdiction of Mateh Binyamin Regional Council.
Mukhmas
- Category: locality
- Location: West Bank, Palestine, Middle East, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
31.87184° or 31° 52′ 19″ northLongitude
35.27622° or 35° 16′ 34″ eastPopulation
1,360Elevation
575 metres (1,886 feet)Open location code
8G3QV7CG+PFOpenStreetMap ID
node 334467974OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
282687Wikidata ID
Q6849813
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Persian—“Mukhmas” goes by many names.
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Mikhmas and East Jaba‘ Bedouins.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Mekhmas Mosque and Cemetery.
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