Middle East
Israel
Southern District

Makchul

Makhul is a Bedouin village in the desert in southern . Located near , it falls under the jurisdiction of al-Kasom Regional Council. In 2023 it had a population of 1,904.
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Wikipedia
  • Type: Village with 839 residents
  • Description: human settlement in Israel
  • Also known as: “Makhul”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Drijat and Kuhlih.

Village
Photo: Yoavd, Public domain.
, also known as Draijat, is an Arab village in southern . Located in the desert near , between and the , it falls under the jurisdiction of al-Kasom Regional Council. In 2023 its population was 571.

Village
Kukhleh is a Negev Bedouin village in southern . Located between the Bedouin towns of and , it falls under the jurisdiction of al-Kasom Regional Council. In 2023 it had a population of 344.

Village
Photo: Meronim, CC BY-SA 3.0.
or Kseifa is a Bedouin town in the of . was founded in 1982 as part of a government project to settle Bedouins in permanent settlements. is situated 5 km south of Makchul.

Makchul

Latitude
31.28798° or 31° 17′ 17″ north
Longitude
35.07545° or 35° 4′ 32″ east
Population
839
Open location code
8G3Q73QG+55
Open­Street­Map ID
way 94520461
Open­Street­Map feature
landuse=­residential
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Wiki­data ID
Q2916277
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Turkish—“Makchul” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “مكحول”
  • Czech: “Mahul”
  • Czech: “Makchul”
  • Czech: “Makhul”
  • Dutch: “Makhul”
  • Hebrew: “מכחול”
  • Hebrew: “מרעית”
  • Irish: “Makhul”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Makhul”
  • Polish: “Makhul”
  • Turkish: “Makhul”

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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 “Makchul”. Photo: Bienchido, CC BY-SA 3.0.