Bir al-Maksur

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Bir al-Maksur בִּיר אל-מַכְּסוּר‎ بئر المكسور
Local council (from 1990)
Hebrew transcription(s)
•  ISO 259	Bir ˀel-Makksur (Jara'zia)
• Also spelled	Bir el-Maksur (official) Beer al-Maksura (unofficial)
Bir al-Maksur, 2010
Bir al-Maksur
Coordinates: 32°46′38″N35°13′15″E / 32.77722°N 35.22083°E / 32.77722; 35.22083
Country	Israel
District	Northern
Founded	1950s
Government
• Head of Municipality	Hasan Gadeer
Area
• Total	4,554  dunams (4.554 km2 or 1.758 sq mi)
Population  (2022) [1]
• Total	10,175
• Density	2,200/km2 (5,800/sq mi)
Ethnicity [1]
•  Arabs	99.96%
• Others	0.04%
Name meaning	The Broken Well

Bir al-Maksur or Beer el-Maksura (Arabic : بئر المكسور; Hebrew : בִּיר אל-מַכְּסוּר) is an Arab Bedouin ^[2] local council in the Northern District of Israel located 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) north-west of Nazareth. In 2022 its population was 10,175. ^[1] The villagers belong to the Arab el-Hujeirat Bedouin tribe, settled there in the 1950s.^{[ citation needed ]}

History and archaeology

Flint from the Mousterian culture, made with the Levallois technique, in addition to remains from Pre-Pottery Neolithic A and B have been found during excavations. ^{[3] [4]}

Sherds from Iron age I, and possibly Iron age II have also been found. ^[2]

A burial cave, with ceramics and artefacts dating to the late Roman period, that is, 3rd–4th centuries CE, has been unearthed. ^[5]

In 1881, the PEF's Survey of Western Palestine noted at Kh. el Maksur: "Heaps of stones." ^{[6] [7]}

Notable people

• Mohammad Ghadir (born 1991), professional football player who plays for Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv F.C.

See also

• Arab localities in Israel

References

1. "Regional Statistics". Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 21 March 2024.
2. Gal, 1992, p. 21
3. Malinski-Buller and Aladjem, 2011, Bir el-Maksur Preliminary Report
4. Yaroshevich, 2013, Bir el-Maksur Final Report
5. Zidan and Mitler, 2014, Bir el-Maksur
6. Conder and Kitchener, 1881, SWP I, p. 314
7. meaning: The ruin of the broken one, according to Palmer, 1881, p. 112

Bibliography

• Abu Zidan, Fadi; Mitler, Itamar (2014-08-03). "Bir el-Maksur Final Report". Hadashot Arkheologiyot – Excavations and Surveys in Israel (126).
• Conder, C.R.; Kitchener, HH. (1881). The Survey of Western Palestine: Memoirs of the Topography, Orography, Hydrography, and Archaeology. Vol. 1. London: Committee of the Palestine Exploration Fund.
• Gal, Zvi (1992). Lower Galilee During the Iron Age. Eisenbrauns. ISBN   0931464692.
• Malinski-Buller, Ariel; Aladjem, Emil (2011-12-27). "Bir el-Maksur Preliminary Report". Hadashot Arkheologiyot – Excavations and Surveys in Israel (123).
• Palmer, E.H. (1881). The Survey of Western Palestine: Arabic and English Name Lists Collected During the Survey by Lieutenants Conder and Kitchener, R. E. Transliterated and Explained by E.H. Palmer. Committee of the Palestine Exploration Fund.
• Yaroshevich, Alla (2013-10-02). "Bir el-Maksur Final Report". Hadashot Arkheologiyot – Excavations and Surveys in Israel (125).

External links

• Welcome To Bir al-Maksura
• Survey of Western Palestine, Map 5: IAA, Wikimedia commons