Middle East
Israel
Northern District

Mashhad

Mashhad is an Arab town located 5 kilometers northeast of in 's . In 2023 it had a population of 8,695, most of whom were Muslims.
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  • Type: Town with 8,660 residents
  • Description: place in Israel
  • Also known as: “Gath Hepher”, “Mash Had”, “Mashed”, “Mashhad, Israel”, and “Messhed”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Har Kayil.

Peak
Photo: Almog, Public domain.
is a peak, which is situated 3½ km northwest of Mashhad.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kafr Kanna and Reineh.

Town
is an Arab town in the Galilee, part of the of . It is associated by Christians with the New Testament village of Cana, where Jesus turned water into wine.

Village
Photo: Almog, Public domain.
is an Arab town in northern . Located in the Galilee, between and , it attained local council status in 1968. In 2023 it had a population of 17,513, the majority of whom are Muslims, with a significant Christian minority.

Town
Photo: Beny Shlevich, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is an Arab local council in the of , located about five kilometers north-east of . It was declared a local council in 1964. In 2023 it had a population of 13,834; 100% were Muslims. is situated 3 km southeast of Mashhad.

Mashhad

Latitude
32.7402° or 32° 44′ 25″ north
Longitude
35.32451° or 35° 19′ 28″ east
Population
8,660
Elevation
369 metres (1,211 feet)
Open location code
8G4QP8RF+3R
Open­Street­Map ID
node 278473121
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
294321
Wiki­data ID
Q2915771
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Urdu—“Mashhad” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “المشهد”
  • Czech: “Mašhad”
  • French: “Mashad”
  • Hebrew: “משהד”
  • Japanese: “マシュハド”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Mashhad i Israel”
  • Persian: “مشهد، اسرائیل”
  • Polish: “Mashhad”
  • Polish: “Maszhad”
  • Polish: “Meszded”
  • Russian: “Машхад”
  • Scots: “Mashhad, Israel”
  • Scots: “Mashhad”
  • Urdu: “مشہد، اسرائیل”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Mashhad”. Photo: Hanay, CC BY-SA 3.0.