Majdal

Majdal (Arabic: مجدل, meaning "tower") is a common place name in Israel, Syria and Palestine and can refer to:

Israel

• al-Majdal or al-Majdal Asqalan, a Palestinian village depopulated in 1948, now part of Ashkelon in Israel
• al-Majdal, Tiberias, a Palestinian village depopulated in 1948, now in Israel, thought to be the site of ancient Magdala
• Khirbat al-Majdal, a Palestinian village depopulated in 1948, now in Israel
• al-Majdal, a Palestinian village in Haifa Subdistrict depopulated in 1925, now part of Ramat Yohanan in Israel
• Al-Mujaydil, a village depopulated in 1948, now in Israel
• Majd al-Krum, a town in northern Israel
• Majdal Yaba, a village depopulated in 1948, now in Israel

Palestine

• Majdal Bani Fadil, a village in the West Bank

Syria

• al-Majdal, Syria, a village in the Hama Governorate of Syria
• Majdal Shams, a village in the Golan Heights, currently under Israeli occupation.

Lebanon

• Majdal Anjar, a village in Lebanon

See also

• Burj (disambiguation) (different Arabic word for "tower", also used a place name)