Ash-Shuhada

Ash-Shuhada (Arabic: مثلث الشهداء, martyrs' triangle) is a Palestinian village in the Jenin Governorate of Palestine, located 5 km southwest of the city of Jenin, in the northern West Bank. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the town had a population of 1,738 inhabitants in mid-year 2006 and 2,299 by 2017.[1][2]

ash-Shuhada
Municipality type D (Village council)
Arabic transcription(s)
 • Arabicمثلث الشهداء
ash-Shuhada is located in State of Palestine
ash-Shuhada
ash-Shuhada
Location of ash-Shuhada within Palestine
Coordinates: 32°25′48″N 35°16′14″E
Palestine grid175/203
StateState of Palestine State of Palestine
GovernorateJenin
Government
 • TypeVillage council
Population
 (2017)[1]
 • Total2,299

History

Just east of the modern village (at grid 1758/2041), large amounts of pottery sherds have been found, all dating to the Middle Bronze Age IIB.[3]

In the wake of the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, and after the 1949 Armistice Agreements, Ash-Shuhada came under Jordanian rule.

Since the Six-Day War in 1967, Ash-Shuhada has been under Israeli occupation.

Footnotes
  1. Preliminary Results of the Population, Housing and Establishments Census, 2017 (PDF). Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS) (Report). State of Palestine. February 2018. pp. 64–82. Retrieved 2023-10-24.
  2. Projected Mid -Year Population for Jenin Governorate by Locality 2004- 2006 Archived 2008-09-20 at the Wayback Machine Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics
  3. Zertal, 2004, p. 135

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