ash-Shuhada | |
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Arabic transcription(s) | |
• Arabic | مثلث الشهداء |
Location of ash-Shuhada within
Palestine | |
Coordinates: 32°25′48″N 35°16′14″E / 32.43000°N 35.27056°E | |
Palestine grid | 175/203 |
State |
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Governorate | Jenin |
Government | |
• Type | Village council |
Population (2017)
[1] | |
• Total | 2,299 |
Ash-Shuhada ( Arabic: مثلث الشهداء, martyrs' triangle) is a Palestinian village in the Jenin Governorate of Palestine, located 5 km southwest of the city of Jenin, in the northern West Bank. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the town had a population of 1,738 inhabitants in mid-year 2006 and 2,299 by 2017. [1] [2]
Just east of the modern village (at grid 1758/2041), large amounts of pottery sherds have been found, all dating to the Middle Bronze Age IIB. [3]
In the wake of the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, and after the 1949 Armistice Agreements, Ash-Shuhada came under Jordanian rule.
Since the Six-Day War in 1967, Ash-Shuhada has been under Israeli occupation.
ash-Shuhada | |
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Arabic transcription(s) | |
• Arabic | مثلث الشهداء |
Location of ash-Shuhada within
Palestine | |
Coordinates: 32°25′48″N 35°16′14″E / 32.43000°N 35.27056°E | |
Palestine grid | 175/203 |
State |
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Governorate | Jenin |
Government | |
• Type | Village council |
Population (2017)
[1] | |
• Total | 2,299 |
Ash-Shuhada ( Arabic: مثلث الشهداء, martyrs' triangle) is a Palestinian village in the Jenin Governorate of Palestine, located 5 km southwest of the city of Jenin, in the northern West Bank. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the town had a population of 1,738 inhabitants in mid-year 2006 and 2,299 by 2017. [1] [2]
Just east of the modern village (at grid 1758/2041), large amounts of pottery sherds have been found, all dating to the Middle Bronze Age IIB. [3]
In the wake of the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, and after the 1949 Armistice Agreements, Ash-Shuhada came under Jordanian rule.
Since the Six-Day War in 1967, Ash-Shuhada has been under Israeli occupation.