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Al-Majd, Hebron
Village in West Bank, Palestine
Village in West Bank, Palestine
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | al-Majd |
| translit_lang1 | Arabic |
| translit_lang1_type | Arabic |
| translit_lang1_info | خربة المجد |
| type | Municipality type D (Village council) |
| pushpin_map | Palestine |
| pushpin_map_caption | Location of al-Majd within Palestine |
| coordinates | |
| grid_name | Palestine grid |
| grid_position | 145/098 |
| subdivision_type | State |
| subdivision_name | State of Palestine |
| subdivision_type1 | Governorate |
| subdivision_name1 | Hebron |
| established_title | Founded |
| government_footnotes | tags -- |
| government_type | Village council |
| unit_pref | dunam |
| population_footnotes | |
| population_total | 2277 |
| population_as_of | 2017 |
| population_density_km2 | auto |
| blank_name_sec1 | Name meaning |
| blank_info_sec1 | Glory |
Al-Majd () is a Palestinian village located eighteen kilometers south-west of Hebron. The village is in the Hebron Governorate of Palestine, in the southern West Bank. The village had a population of 2,277 in 2017.
History
Ceramics from the Byzantine era have been found here.
Ottoman era
In 1863, Victor Guérin called it Khirbet Medjed.
In 1883 the PEF's Survey of Palestine found here "Caves, cisterns, and pillar shafts; a ruined chapel seems to have stood there".
1948-1967
In the wake of the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, and after the 1949 Armistice Agreements, Al-Majd came under Jordanian rule.
The Jordanian census of 1961 found 466 inhabitants in Al-Majd.
1967-present
After the Six-Day War in 1967, Al-Majd has been under Israeli occupation.
According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the village had a population of 1,925 in 2007.
References
Bibliography
References
- (February 2018). "Preliminary Results of the Population, Housing and Establishments Census, 2017". [[State of Palestine]].
- Palmer, 1881, p. [https://archive.org/stream/surveyofwesternp00conduoft#page/404/mode/1up 404]
- Dauphin, 1998, p. 962
- Guérin, 1869, pp. [https://archive.org/stream/descriptiongog02gu#page/345/mode/1up 345]-346: "d'autres ruines, très-étendues, sur les pentes et sur le sommet d'une haute colline, sollicitent mon examen : elles se nomment Khirbet Medjed, mot qui est à la fois arabe et hébreu, el qui signifie "gloire, honneur, excellence." Cette localité porte donc probablement encore aujourd'hui la dénomination qu'elle avait autrefois, bien que ni la Bible, ni l'historien Josèphe, ne fassent mention d'une ville ainsi appelée dans la tribu de Juda. Quoi qu'il en soit, on observe en cet endroit des vestiges considérables de nombreuses constructions en pierres bien équarries, les unes d'un grand appareil, les autres de dimension moyenne. Des silos, des citernes, des souterrains, qui ne sont plus connus maintenant que des bergers, auxquels ils offrent un asile, ont été pratiqués sur beaucoup de points."
- Conder and Kitchener, 1883, SWP III, p. [https://archive.org/stream/surveyofwesternp03conduoft#page/375/mode/1up 375]
- Government of Jordan, Department of Statistics, 1964, p. [http://users.cecs.anu.edu.au/~bdm/yabber/census/JordanCensusPages/JordanCensus1961-p23.pdf 23]
- [http://www.pcbs.gov.ps/Portals/_PCBS/Downloads/book1487.pdf 2007 PCBS Census] [[Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics]]. p.119.
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