Mashhad, Israel

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Mashhad

  • מַשְׁהַד
  • مشهد
Ebreu transcription(s)
 • ISO 259Mašhad
 • An aa spelledMeshhed (offeecial)
Mashhed (unoffeecial)
Mashhad is located in Israel
Mashhad
Mashhad
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
DestrictNorthren
Govrenment
 • TeepLocal cooncil (frae 1960)
Area
 • Total7.286 km2 (2.813 sq mi)
Population
 (2005)
 • Total6,700
 • Density920/km2 (2,400/sq mi)

Mashhad (Hebrew: מַשְׁהַד‬, Arabic: مشهد‎, Mash-hed transliteration, grave o a holy man) is an Arab toun locatit 5 kilometer (3.1 mi) northeast o Nazareth in Israel's North Destrict. Accordin tae the Israeli Central Bureau o Statistics, the toun haed a population o 6,700 maistly Muslim inhabitants.[1][2]

Mashhad became a local cooncil in 1960. The toun is said tae be the steid o Jonah's grave [2] an his birthplace (2 Keengs 14:25), cried Gath-Hefer in Biblical times, a veelage in the tribe o Zebulun (Joshua 19:13).

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