Mukhmas

For the Biblical locality, see Michmash.

Template:Infobox Palestinian Authority muni Mikhmas (Template:Lang-ar) is a Palestinian town in the Jerusalem Governorate, located 8 kilometers Northeast of Jerusalem in the central West Bank. According to a census conducted in 1931 by the British Mandate authorities, Mikhmas had a population of 404 inhabitants, in 80 houses. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the town had a population of 1,878 in 2006.

Bibliography

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• Conder, Claude Reignier; Kitchener, Herbert H. (1883). The Survey of Western Palestine: Memoirs of the Topography, Orography, Hydrography, and Archaeology. Vol. 3. London: Committee of the Palestine Exploration Fund. (pp. 12, 149)
• Dauphin, Claudine (1998). La Palestine byzantine, Peuplement et Populations. BAR International Series 726 (in French). Vol. III : Catalogue. Oxford: Archeopress. ISBN 0-860549-05-4. (pp. 841–2)
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External links

• Welcome to Mikhmas
• Survey of Western Palestine, Map 17: IAA, Wikimedia commons
• Mukhmas village (fact sheet)
• Mikhmas village profile
• Mikhmas aerial photo
• Locality Development Priorities and Needs in Mukhmas