Ash-Shuhada

ash-Shuhada (Arabic: مثلث الشهداء‎, martyrs' triangle) is a Palestinian village in the West Bank, 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.[1]

ash-Shuhada
Municipality type D (Village council)
Arabic transcription(s)
 • Arabicمثلث الشهداء
ash-Shuhada
Location of ash-Shuhada within Palestine
Coordinates: 32°25′48″N 35°16′14″E
Palestine grid175/203
StateState of Palestine
GovernorateJenin
Government
 • TypeVillage council
Population
 (2006)
 • Total1,738

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.[2]

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. Projected Mid -Year Population for Jenin Governorate by Locality 2004- 2006 Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics
  2. Zertal, 2004, p. 135

Bibliography
  • Zertal, A. (2004). The Manasseh Hill Country Survey. 1. Boston: BRILL. ISBN 9004137564.
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