al-Midya

al-Midya is a residential area in , and has about 1,300 residents. al-Midya is situated nearby to , as well as near .

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Modi`im and Barfilya.

Ruins
Modi’in, also Modi’im, and later, Moditha, was an ancient Jewish city located in , near the modern city of , . First mentioned in the Books of Maccabees, it was the hometown of the priestly Hasmonean family, who assumed leadership over Judea following the victorious Maccabean uprising. is situated 1¼ km southwest of al-Midya.

Peak
Photo: McKaby, Public domain.
Barfiliya was a Palestinian village located 10.5 kilometres east of that was depopulated during the 1948 Arab–Israeli War. Located on a tell, excavations conducted there by archaeologists beginning in 1995 found artifacts dating back to the Pre-Pottery Neolithic A period. is situated 3½ km southwest of al-Midya.

Railway station
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Modi'in–Center railway station is an Israel Railways passenger terminal and one of two stations serving Modi'in. It is the terminus of the -Modi'in line, with service to the airport, Tel Aviv, Haifa, and Akko. is situated 4 km south of al-Midya.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Al Midyah and Ganei Modi’in.

Village
Photo: יעקב, CC BY-SA 3.0.
al-Midya is a Palestinian village in the in the western , located west of . According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the village had a population of over 1,533 inhabitants in 2017.

Village
Ganei Modi'in is an Israeli settlement in the . Located just over the Green Line to the north of , it falls under the jurisdiction of .

Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Mevo Modi'im, officially Me'or Modi'im, is a moshav in central . It is also known as the Carlebach Moshav. Located north-west of Modi'in on Highway 443, it falls under the jurisdiction of .

al-Midya

Latitude
31.93641° or 31° 56′ 11″ north
Longitude
35.00469° or 35° 0′ 17″ east
Population
1,300
Open location code
8G3QW2P3+HV
Open­Street­Map ID
way 280719696
Open­Street­Map feature
landuse=­residential
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Hebrew—“al-Midya” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “المديه”
  • French: “Al-Midya”
  • Hebrew: “מידיה”

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