Meiser
| Meiser מֵיסִר ميسر | |
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| Hebrew transcription(s) | |
| • unofficial | Shaykh Maysar, Shaykh Maysir, Khirbat Maysar |
  Meiser | |
| Coordinates: 32°26′41″N 35°2′31″E / 32.44472°N 35.04194°ECoordinates: 32°26′41″N 35°2′31″E / 32.44472°N 35.04194°E | |
| Council | Menashe |
Meiser (Arabic: ميسر; Hebrew: מֵיסִר) (also: Shaykh Maysar, Shaykh Maysir, Khirbat Maysar), is an Israeli Arab village located 0.5km west of the Green Line north of the city of Baqa-Jatt in the Wadi Ara region. It is one of three Arab villages in the Menashe Regional Council and is part of the triangle. According to the Israel Central Bureau of Statistics the village had a population of 1,500 in 2005.
See also
Bibliography
- Conder, Claude Reignier; Kitchener, H. H. (1882). The Survey of Western Palestine: Memoirs of the Topography, Orography, Hydrography, and Archaeology 2. London: Committee of the Palestine Exploration Fund. (p. 68)
- 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. p.152,
- Petersen, Andrew (2001). A Gazetteer of Buildings in Muslim Palestine (British Academy Monographs in Archaeology) I. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-727011-0. p. 283
- http://www.cbs.gov.il/population/new_2007/table3.pdf
External links
- The Village's homepage
- Survey of Western Palestine, Map 8: IAA, Wikimedia commons
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