Bir al-Maksur
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Local council (from 1990) | |
Hebrew transcription(s) | |
• ISO 259 | Bir ˀel-Makksur (Jara'zia) |
• Also spelled | Bir el-Maksur (official) Beer al-Maksura (unofficial) |
Coordinates: 32°46′38″N 35°13′15″E / 32.77722°N 35.22083°E | |
Grid position | 170/242 PAL |
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)
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• Total | 10,175 |
• Density | 2,200/km2 (5,800/sq mi) |
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]
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]
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