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Mashhad
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Mashhad
District North
Government Local council (from 1960)
Hebrew מַשְׁהַד
Arabic مشهد
Also spelled Meshhed (officially)

Mashhed (unofficially)

Population 6,700 (2005)
Area 7286 dunams (7.286 km2; 2.813 sq mi)
Coordinates 32°44′16.07″N 35°19′32.29″E / 32.7377972°N 35.3256361°E / 32.7377972; 35.3256361Coordinates: 32°44′16.07″N 35°19′32.29″E / 32.7377972°N 35.3256361°E / 32.7377972; 35.3256361

Mashhad (Hebrew: מַשְׁהַד‎, Arabic: مشهد‎, Mash-hed transliteration, grave of a holy man) is an Arab town located 5 kilometers (3 mi) northeast of Nazareth in Israel's North District. According to the Israeli Central Bureau of Statistics, the town had a population of 6,700 mostly Muslim inhabitants.[1][2]

Mashhad became a local council in 1960. The town is said to be the site of Jonah's grave [2] and his birthplace (2 Kings 14:25), called Gath-Hefer in Biblical times, a village in the tribe of Zebulun (Joshua 19:13).

See also[]

  • List of Arab localities in Israel

References[]

  1. Population of Localities numbering above 1,000 residents Israeli Central Bureau of Statistics, pp.2.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Mashhed (Israel): Description Gutterman, Dov. FOTW.

ar:المشهد (قرية) cs:Mašhad (Izrael) ru:Машхад (Израиль)

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