Bir al-Maksur

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″N 35°13′15″E
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)
• Total	10,175
• Density	2,200/km2 (5,800/sq mi)
Ethnicity
• 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 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. The villagers belong to the Arab el-Hujeirat Bedouin tribe, settled there in the 1950s.

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.

Sherds from Iron age I, and possibly Iron age II have also been found.

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

In 1881, the PEF's Survey of Western Palestine noted at Kh. el Maksur: "Heaps of stones."

Notable people

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

See also

• Arab localities in Israel

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