Al-Mujaydil
Vanished settlement · Mandatory Palestine
- Abandoned
- 1948
- Founded
- —
- Population
- 1,900
- Coordinates
- 32.678, 35.242
Why it was abandoned
🏛️ Ancient ruins
Detected automatically from the text: The population was partly Christian and the town contained a Roman Catholic church and monastery.
History
Al-Mujaydil (Arabic: المْجيدل was an Arab-Palestinian village located 6 km southwest of Nazareth. Al-Mujaydil was one of a few towns that achieved local council status by the Mandatory Palestine government. In 1945, the village had a population of 1,900 and total land area of 18,836 dunams – mostly Arab-owned. The population was partly Christian and the town contained a Roman Catholic church and monastery.